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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at|http: //books .google .com/I HAHVAHO 1.1 H R ARY ,d ^ ^ PUBLICATIONS SURTEES SOCIETY. rstabushbd in thk year M.Dccr.xxxrv. VOL. LXXIII. FOR THE YEAR M.DCCC.LXXX. MfOli pmiirrvD bt wit44Aii mAnmt% ; ■ ^Qo/: \ THE^^FAMILY MEMOIRS., OF THE REV. WILLIAM ^STUKELE^^ M.D. AND THE Antiquarian antr atl^tx €autBi^tmtimtt OF WILLIAM STUKELEY, ROGER & SAMUEL GALE, Era >^» // ^nblb^eb for i^e Sodetg BT ANDREWS * CO^ SADLER STREET, DURHAM. LONDON : WHITTAKBR * CO., 18, AYE MARIA LANE ; BERNARD QUARITCH, 16, PICCADILLT. BDINBUEOH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONa 188S. Bi- S^.i. go Co A HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NOV 12 1959 At a Meeting of The Surtebs SoaETT, held in Durham Castle, on Tuesday, December 4th, 1877, Mr. Greenwell in the Chair, it was Ordered, "that a Selection from the Gale and Stukelet Correspondence should be edited for the Society by the Rev. W. C. LuKis." James Baine, Secretary. PREFACE. It was the earnest desire, more than once expressed, of the late John Britton, to give to the world some of the interesting Stukeley Collections which had come into his hands. A portion of these collections was exhibited by him at the Congress of the Archaeological Institute held at Lincoln in 1848, and the Council of that Society con- sidered these Memorials so curious and valuable as to be well-deserving of publication. In Britton's preface Co a Memoir of Aubrey, published in 1845, he remarks: " The celebrated Dr. Stukeley, who was a zealous and indefatigable collector and recorder of opinions and events, left a minute account of all that he saw and heard during his long intercourse with antiquaries, historians, and other men of letters and science. These memoranda, occupying several quarto and octavo volumes, together with a series of letters addressed to the Doctor by eminent persons, and a collection of his miscellaneous writings, have been many years in my possession ; and they would have been given to the world had I been insured against the risk of loss from their publication." How Britton became possessed of these volumes of MSS. and bundles of letters is not stated, but they are now, as it is fitting they should be, in the possession of ii. PESTACB. the Rev. Harris Fleming St. John, of Dinmore Hoose, near Leominster, Herefordshire, who has, in the moat obliging and generous manner, pUced them, together with many other Stukeley papers, at my disposal for publication by the Surtees Society. Richard Fleming, of Sibdon Castle, Salop, purchased Dinmore in 1739, and bequeathed it to his second son, Richard, who, in the year 1752, married Frances, eldest daughter of Dr. Stukeley. Upon the death of their only son, Richard Stukeley Fleming, the property passed to their oolj daughter, Frances, the wife of the Rev John Francis Seymour St John, canon of Worcester, the grandfather of the present owner (Harris F. St. John), who has inherited numerous Stukeley pictures, MSS., volumes of sketches, relics, and a large collection of coins and medals. Besides the voluminous corrsspondence in Mr. St. John's possession, another large collection of letters, which were transcribed by Roger Gale into three vola. quarto, has been entrusted to me with equal generoat^ and kindness, and with full permisaioo to use them in these volumes, by Henry Coore, Esq., of Scniton Hall^ near Bedale, Yorkshire, whose mother was Roger Gale'a great grand-daughter. A few other letters of the some period, relating to Roman inscriptions, once belonging to Dr. Jurin, and now in the possession of C. K. Probart, Esq., d Newport^ Bishop's Stortford, Herts, have been voluntarily and obligingly lent for the same purpose. These will appear in Volume II. PREFACE. 111. To these owners of valuable MSS. the best thanks of the Society are returned. This very considerable body of documents, so far exceeding what I had expected to use, has compelled me to alter the method of arrangement which I had' originally proposed, and to separate them so as to form two volumes instead of one. The Council of the Society expressed their approval of this course in order that as large a nimiber as possible of hitherto unpublished letters might be presented to its members, such docu- ments bearing upon, and illustrating, the social and political life and feeling, and the archaeological researches of the first portion of the last century. The prominent figures among the letter writers, throughout these vol- umes, are Stukeley, the brothers Roger and Samuel Gale, and Sir John Clerk, between whom, from first to last, there existed the warmest ties of friendship and esteem. Almost all of their correspondents, as well as almost all of those with whom they had intimate social relations, to whom frequent allusions are made in the letters, were men who were distinguished for their scien- tific and literary attainments, scholarship, and archaeo- logical researches, and for the honourable places in society, or in their respective professions, which they worthily filled. To many of them we are indebted in the present day for published works of great erudition and utility. They were eminent as philosophers, mathe- maticians, astronomers, antiquaries, physicians, surgeons, classical scholars, poets, historians, divines, painters, numismatists, &c. IV. PRXTAOL Although much of the material of these volumes be found to relate to dUtricta beyond the area to which the Surtees Society is limited, the Council feel that they may claim as their own, any subject which brings before the world the learning and intelligence of those scholars who have borne the honoured name of Gale. The present volume contains Dr. Stukeley's Com- mentaries, Autobiography, Diary, and Common-place Book, in which he has given a complete account of his life, and entered very minutely into the affairs, friendships, and pursuits of himself and other members of his family. These are followed by a miscellaneous correspondence of considerable interest, and also by some letters upon astronomy and coins. The astroD* (Hnical letters have lieen considered of especial value by those gentlemen who are eminently qualified to express an opinion, particularly by Kev. A. Freeman, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and deputy to the Plumian Professor of Astronomy there, and by Rev. J. R. Lunn, B.I)., Lite Fellow of St John's, and Sadlerian lecturer, and now holding the college liring ct MartoD-cum-Grafton, Yorkshire, both of whom have strongly recommended their publication, and furthered this measure by supplying most useful comments. The letters relating to coins were submitted to John Evans, Ksq., F.K.S., &c.. President of the Numismatic Society, who has very kindly annotated them. For the aid thus freely rendered by these gentlemen my hearty acknowledgements art due. The second volume will contain correspoodence and PREFACE. V. private notes relating to archaeological discoveries made in almost every county of England, and in many parts of Scotland ; and these will be arranged in chronological order under the counties to which their subject-matter chiefly relates. A few of these letters have already been published by Nichols in his BeliquicB Galeance^ and appear to have been taken from Gale's transcripts in the possession of Mr. Coore, and as the originals have been placed in my hands by Mr. St. John, I have had the opportunity of collating the transcripts with them. Generally speaking, the handwriting of the correspon- dents is excellent, while the spelling appears to have followed no fixed rules. It is the custom of the Surtees Society, while it retains the spelling of the period, to follow the usage of the present day in regard to capitals, stops, and contractions. In the first part of this volume I have inadvertently adopted the ancient usage, and must therefore ask the Members of the Society to look upon that portion of the work as a specimen merely of original orthography. Several particulars which are not generally known, and are not without interest, are disclosed by the memoranda in this volume. We find that Stukeley's devotion to antiquarian pursuits and fondness for collecting curious articles, naturally led him not only to investigate his family history, but to acquire whatever objects would aid him in this inquiry. Besides some leaves of ancient churchwardens' accounts, which contain the names of his ancestors, he was pos- sessed of a remarkably fine monumental brass, formerly in the north aisle of Great Stukeley church, Hunts. A VU PRXTACK. sketch of it appears in one of his volomes of drawbgs, and represents Sir Nicholas Stukeley. In the doctor's fine pedigree at Dinmorc House, this individual finds a place under date 1357. We learn from the Brazen-nose Diary or Literary Memoirs how Stukeley became pos- sessed of the brass. In vol. iv , p. 59, 1741, he writes: **Mr. Torkington, rector of Little Stukeley, sent me the brass image of Sir Nicholas de Styvede which hb fiither and I took off the stone in the church of Great Stukeley many years ago (it being loose), and carried to the mansion house in Great Stukeley. Somebody has since then [1721] broke it in pieces, I suppose in order to sell it for old brass."' In vol. xviii., p. 29, of the same memoirs, 1759, he again writes : ^* I fixed the fine brass of Sir Nicholas de Styvecle, which I retrieved from Great Stukeley, on a mahogany board. They had pulled it off the stone in the church, and broke it into pieces, in order to sell it for old brass, and this since I took a drawing of it (9 July, 1 721 ), and had it engraved. The long brass inscription which went round the verge of the stone, with his name, history, and time of his death, &c., had been loose, and taken off before, and laid up in the parish chest ; but upon inquiry we (bund it gone ; as also the brasses of his two wives, his son, and daughter, from the same stone. But I thought it a necessary piece of piety toward my great progenitor to preserve what remained.** Lastly, in vol. xx « p. 52, be says : ^On 4 June, 1764, put up Sir Nicholas de Stukele/s monumental brass effigies in the chapel of my mauso- kum at Kentish Town.** Sir Nicholas is represented in PRSFACE* Vll. fall armour, bare-headed, hair cropped close, feet resting on a dog ; and he is l3ang upon a cross, the stem of which shews below his feet, and the trefoiled ends of the arms of the cross project above his head and beyond his arms. In the pedigree the date of this " progenitor " is 1357, but I think this is from 80 to 100 years too early, because at that period knights were generally repre- sented with their helmets or bascinets on ; they wore moustaches ; and their armour consisted of mail and plate, and over all was the jupon ; whereas Sir Nicholas is shown with a smooth face, the elbow plates are large, the tuiles are long and pointed, and reach to the knees, and the soUarets are long and acutely pointed, all charac- teristics of the later date. In 1709 Stukeley took his M.B. degree at Cambridge, and in August of the same year went to London ^^ to see the practice of St. Thomas's hospital.'' During the time he resided in London he frequented St. George's church, and there ^^ received the sacraments, little think- ing," as he says, ^^ that I should ever have the honour to preside at the sacred table." In the last vol. (xx.) of his memoirs, he has made a note that on October 30, 1763, when he was 75 years of age, he first preached in spectacles ; that the topic of his sermon was against too much study ; and that his text was ^^ Now we see through a glass darkly." In the following year, on Sunday, April 1, as an eclipse of the sun was to occur, beginning soon after 9 in the morning, with the middle of it before 1 1, he inserted a paragraph in the " White- hall Evening Post," recommending that the morning • •• niu PRKTACB. service in the London churches should be poetpooed to enable the congregati#n8 to gratify their curiosity. ^ If the church service/* he wrote^ ^^ be ordered to begin a little l>efore 12, it will properly be morning prayer, and an unifonnity preserved in our duty to the Supreme lieing, the author of these amazing celestial move* ments." Irreligion in the medical profession was common in his (lay, and Stukeley was of opinion that many of his contem{K>ranes lay under this reproach. See p. 112. Sir Thomas Brown, of Norwich, in the previous centuiy ntnarkiHl that this was the general scandal of his profe»- hion ; and Sir Kenelm Dighy, who lived at the same time as Brown, obs^Tved that *' Physicians do commonly hi*ar ill in this liehalf ; and that it is a common speech, ubi tres medici, duo athei.** Not only was astrology much followed, but in the lu>t cTntur}' it was doaely allied with the* art of medicine, and U*lieved in. Accord* ing to Fabian Withers, a phyhirian who was ignorant of a>trology deserved the name of a dt*<'rving the moving of the >ignN he would have learnt what himple herb would have run*d the malady which lli^ greatest and ^t^onge^t medirines had failed to do. *' Diligently «*onbult," he writts, '' with an astronomer, Irum whence and by what means any |ienl or danger may hap|Mn or come unto the<% and then either go unto a physician, or use discretion and tem|»erance, and bj that means thou mayt*st defer and prolong thy natural life thn>ugh the rules of astronomy and the help of the phyaician.** Stukeley studied afttrolugy, and in thia PREFACE. 1X« volume, pp. 90-93, the reader will find " Canons for the Eimarmene," and the events of his life which happened under planetary influence. Such remarkable fulfilments of astrological forecasts as those which are recorded of the poet Dryden, must have gone far to encourage this study. The poet having calculated his second son Charles's nativity, " was grieved to discover that he was bom in an evil hour, Jupiter, Venus, and the sun being all under the earth, and the lord of his ascendant being afiSicted with a hateful square of Mars and Saturn.'* He therefore afiSrmed that the boy would " go near to die a violent death at his 8th year;" at his 23rd year he would lie " under the same evil influence ; " and if he escaped this crisis, then in his 33rd or 34th year another calamity would befal him The first oracle was realized when the lx)y was nearly killed, \'iewing a stag hunt at his grandfather's ( Lord Berkshire J, Charlton Park, when a ruinous wall fell and covered him with the debris. The second was realized when Charles fell from the top of an old tower at the Vatican, Rome ; and the third, when, in his 33rd year, he was drowned at Windsor. — See Wilsan^A Life of William Congreve. Allusions to Richard of Cirencester are made in pp. 56 and 80, which hardly justify Mr. Herbert's suspicion {Cyclops ChristianuSj p 107 n.) that Stukeley was Bertram's accomplice in the production of this work. That he was closely connected with Bertram in its pub- lication fully appears, but the correspondence would rather tend to show that he was Bertram's dupe, than an accomplice in the imposture. Short biogniphieal noCioes d the men of lettert, with whom Stukeley ctme into conUct» are given by him in bis Coromon-pUce Book, pp. 94-1 35 ; and d those whose names occur in the correspondence and elsewhere, in the foot notes passim. I trust the readers* indulgence will be granted me for having caused a lengthened memoir of Caleb Pamham, a friend and neighbour of Stukeley, to be written and inserted in an appendix, and that the interesting details of the life of so remarkable a man will atone for its copiousness. In a toot note on page S3& I have stated that Gannoc signifies a standard or ensign. Since the sheet was {Minted I have met with an allusion to the same word in Stukelej's Braxen-nose Diary, where it is explained to be the via prcstaria or high-street, and an old German word equivalent to via alia. 1 have to express my thanks to Canon Raine for much assistance rendered ; also to the Rev. F. Hem- mans, Vicar of Holbeach, who has supplied a great amount of useful information relating to the Stukeley fiunily and their connection with that parish ; to the Rev. S. S. Lewis, F.S.A., Fellow of Corpus Chrisd College, Cambridge, for the loan d Masters's History of that college, and other sei vices ;' and especially to the Rev. J. K. Lunn, B.D., for the Memoir of Pamhanu My inexperience in the labour d a work ital, pat in there bj Mr. STaaa.*-W. a In tlM aaigin opposite to 8adth*a name Is *« Old MaxweU of brig OMtntoo." B 1 OOimiffTAlTt. boilt the Wall, A the Dairj booie bj the nwd tide, not &r from the bridge A Milli going to SUnford, where Newtted Abbj stood, ae my Father ooce told me. And old Morrice of Stanford knew him, remba hie ridg a race once himself. He wai ai to hi« per* •on, by all aoooonU I hare heard of him, not tall, about mj Father's stature, middle stature, fatdsh, of great AgiUtj A vira- dtjf rerj quick in speech and readj witt, particuUrlj faoetiooa, of a sodden apprehenaioo A would return an answer before a question was weU askd. His oonTertatioo being rery agree- id>le made him acoepuUe among the Nobilitj k Gentlemen unirersally liring round about the place, which was no small Detriment to his Affairs, keeping them Companj at their Sports A Diversioos, Baceing, Hunting, Qameing A the like, putting him upon the Neoesaity of alienating a great part of the Family Estate at Holbech, which is now in the hands of Dr. Pakej of Lincoln, giren by the Harta who bought it, particularly the 10 acrea now in possession of Mr. Ball wherein is the MiU, which I hare seen in an old Map of South Holland in possession of Mr. M. Johnson of SpaUing, called Stukeleys MiU ; A all the rest of Pakers Estate thereabouta, A that which waa bought by the Pettya of Oanesborough, part in Battell fielda, Damgate, A the fiurm between the Vicarage houae A Barringtons gate, whereof my 4 acrea which lay under my Fathen house was part By the old Town books or Terriers it appears our Family once owned almost all the land for a mile round Holbech Church, by marry- ing the Haiieas of the Fletea. But to return to my Grandfather, I hare heard my Father say that he was mighty fond of making extempore Jokes A verses upon Company, A those upon his Cos. Nathan Hobson, who was blind of one eye, are still rememberd all orer Lincolnshire ; the preeent Champion ooce repeating them in my company not know- ing whose they were. Hen oosMS If tAkea avedflac. t^s^ WUa a broad kel mi tttw edgiac My aunt Dodaoo ooce repeated to me socne tefses which ho made upoo a grsat Eclipae of the sun, whidi were ooi oootemp- lihle^ W. JSTUKSLIT^ 1720. 3 He fint manyed Jane Dowman* of a good Family there but came originallj from Yorkshire, who left him two sons & two Daughters. These Dowmans or Dolemans went afterwards to Soham near Ely where some are still living, Thej had a great Estate, her mother was a Blechendjn in Kent related to the Hales* there, a Family of great note & wealth. One of her sisters was in her young time a Celebrated Beauty. Shedyd not long agoe at £Iy. I went one Christmas from Cambridg to see her & she was almost ravishd with joy. I think she was the finest woman of her age (above 80) that I ever saw. My Grande- mother was buryed in U£5ngton^ Quire 23 Dec 1662, & after- wards my Grandfather manyed Ellen' the daughter of John Crossland, Esq% of Helmsley in Yorkshire, sister to S' Jordan Crossland. Her former Husband was William Prideauz,® Bp. * Da. of Wm. Dowmsn of UfBngton, Eaq., a Justice of peace, living May 1664.— W. 8. The family of Dowman liTed at the hooae called '*The Mote.*' John ThofntOD, Qent, ob. Sep. 13, 15d8.nFAnn, eldest dan. of Bobt Draiye, Esq. Sir Soger Thornton, knt^ Wm. Dowman, ^...Blechendyn Isaac ^LjiiA of Uffiagton, Bsq. j of Kent. Lnkjn. J Thornton. S. Bllen, or Sleanoi^^ohn Stakeley,^!. Jane D., Mildmay ^Mary Lnkyn, d. of John Groesland, of Uffington, of Helms^y, Esq. Qent. ob. 1675. (widow of 0€iU»A PrideaoxXbnr.lnSt Ma^gaietX West- bnrd. at Dowman, UIBngton, of Soham, 23 Dec., Esq. 1662. ob. 1676. Adliird Stnkeley. John Stokd^, bon& Oetob. 1667.y:FranoeB, 2d dan. of Bobt. BnUen, of Weston. Wm. Stnkeley, M.D., F.B.S., F.8JL, bom 1687. • Ld. Chief Jnstice Hales. * The Estate at Ufliagton belonging to ^^Uera, Dnke of Buckingham, as Ukewise that at Helmsl^, now Dnncombs ; I suppose my grandfr. went thither to make a lease, pay rent or the like, ft so came acquainted with her. 8r. Christ, fflaphsm liv'd in the great old manner house at Uffiagton at this time, or at the Fiyeiy (8r. Puiy Custs,) or at Mr. Snows on Bam hilL— W. & * JTssasr Ckodand. Dugd. VUUation, Vol zxxwL, Snrtees Soc • OoloMl ia the Boyal Aimy, 4 OOHJUUfTAXTlL Prid6Mix*«'* ion, wboM estate wmi niiiiM for hU Lqjrmltj in tbe Ormod Rabdlioo. Ha rmiad a Regimaot in faror of liie Roval party, k maantain*d it at hit own Charf^ He wai a rerj valiant maUi k iiew 14 or 16 of the Rebek with hia own hand at the Battel of Maraton More** where be rec*d hb Deatba wound. ThiB Dr. Tanerod Robinson*^ told me, ^' wbo i» deaoended from the Ooalanda. Mrt. Ellen Croaland wai a very great Beaatr k had the honor of a aalnte from King Charles I. when at York, who oaoad her picture to be drawn bj Vandjke k bung up in bis Gallery of Ladja. King Charles II. gare her a pension in con- sideration of her husbands eminent senrioea. Mj Grandfather had no children bj her, k she provd an excellent Mother in Law, for my Fa' , the younger Bro'*, wms designd by my Grandfather to be brought up to Country business k Grazing, his elder Bro'- my Uncle being put Clerk to the Law ; but my Fa*** Geniun not condescending to any thing so mean he never would leave Schl, but was reaolvd to be a scholar. So every morning his Mo' uad to get up betimes to give him victuals k send him away to Stan- ford School before his Fa' wms out of bed, k at night he usd to abscond tiU his Father wms in bed, so that oo Sundays only he could be met with, k then he was always sure of a good beating for the whole weeks arrears, which hia Mo' often by her inter- position prevented, and nature would prevail sgainst all obstacle. My Grandfather dyd at Uffington May 1675, aged 58 y. 4 months, k was buryed in the Quire by my Grand mother. His widow lived afterwards at Westminster to the time of her Death. She was mighty desirous of seeing me when a Boy, and sent me a guinea for a present but dyd before I ever came to Loodoo, k was buryed in the South-west Comer of S^ Margaret* Church Weatm' * BUkep ci Wofc-lM, iai!»SO. <>■ tkt lUb orw kit i— jIm In n^dcm cterdi. WorMiC«r«liirt(wkitbwlMrttlrHlo«bdBf tafMdoMolkit lUtkofvic* and hT«d wita kit ■M.in-Uw B«v. Joka W«6Ik tka BacfarX U taaenbad. *" Jokaaaas mdaaaa 4.0. ISTa, BtpL 17. aalai p^|o f^kaeara, md paraaiikas tsfaaaia" Ha diad If Jslj. I«i0. tgad Tf. " 8r. Jordaalaa vaakilldtkalkattlaaoaMaaadiaf atiaaparkoffaa.— W.e. For a tkmrt If taMif ci Dr. T. Bakiaaoa, Ma 8takalf7*s tkapmsalLsid W. 8TUKELE7, 1720. 5 His Bister Esther marryd into the Family of the Kymes at Boston who lived in Rochford, or by some Richmond Tower, whose ancestors have been famous in that County ever since before the Conquest. His younger Bro'* Antony purchased the Estate of the Guild of Holbech, which is still in the hands of the Ghraves's of Sutton his Descendants. The Stukeleys now in Norfolk and Suffolk come from him. One was a Dignitary of the Cathedral of Norwich, S'* Tho. Browns monum^ ; another now is Parson of Preston near Lavenham & has children; another is now Parson of Middleton cum Membris. There was a Picture of my Grandfit'* drawn with shoulder knotts the fashion of the Time, but upon the strictest enquiry I could never hear what became of it My Aunt Dodson eldest Da'* waited as Companion to the Earl of Twomounds Lady in North^toushire. My Fa'* Mr. John Stukeley'^ was bom at UfBngton Octob. 1657. After his Fa'- dyd his elder Bro'- Adlard took him to be his Clerk in the Business of the Law, at Holbech, in the old seat of the Family, & being himself of a very weak con- sumptive habit gave him to understand that he had no thoughts of marrying & expected that he should, so he lived with him afler his Clerkship was out, & prosecuted his business with great Industry, indulging at the same time his natural inclination for planting & improvement upon the Estate derived from his Fa'* as looking upon it one day to be his own. He sett most of the young wood now about the house & all the Quick hedges, several Bows & Walks of Ash trees among the Coppices & home pastures. When he was near 29 years old he made his Addresses to the second of the Four Daughters of Mr. Robert Bullen of Weston, who lived upon the Estate near the Sea Bank called S'* Lamberts. She was then very young about 17 and handsome. At times she lived in London at Mrs. Yanderspritts, the comer house of Bosh lane (I think) in Canon street just by London stone, where be courted her when he came up in Term time. At length they were marryd at Pinchbeck on Fryday the 28 May 1686, by the Vicar Mr. Mitchel, (The Poesie of his ring, I have obtaind *• ICjr Fa^ Uved at Holbech 102.— W. 8. 6 ODidcnTABn. wbom God ardaiod, which I hmre now hj iiie)| A gresi courte of naighboring Qontlemen A Relatioiu bemg prMent. Going thro' Bpdding upon their BeCom to Wertoo tn grMft Speed, ai is the custom at Weddiogs in the Oovntrji mm old Gentlewoman who was mj Fa*** djent calld to him Tery ooUi- dtooslj enquiring whose Wedding it was, A took it Terj ill thai he rode awaj without informing her, ss I hare heard him pleasantlj refaUe it Between Spalding k Mr. Bollens house, the coapanj beiog all upon full speed, mj Mo'- who was an exoellent Horse- woman, being upon a fioe joong Gelding of mj Grandfiuher Bollens, fairlj ootstript all the company k reached her Fa"^ house leering them behind, very merrily whipping my Fa"^ hores A himself too, k )oking him for being deserted by his Bride. In aboat half a jear after, my Mo'* miscarried ; k on Monday the 7th Noremb. 1687 between 7 A 8 at night I was bom** in my Fathers (more probably in my Uncle Stokeleys) boose in Holbech, in the chamber the south east comer of the boose next the Garden (as I suppose) called the blue chamber. This bouse my Fa'* boogfat of Mr. Thacker, with 9 or 10 acres of ground under it, which he imprord rery much by building a great part of the hopse, wainsootting, deling Ac A the pastures he planted with the orchard with Fruit ; he built rery fine stables, baok hammm^ somer house, walls round the yard A Garden, set Quick hedges round the pastures and ristos of Ash, Oak, Elm A Walnut lb Field between the Front of the house and the Viearige ho«se he made into a grore, a Fine Avenue leading into the church yanL This he calld the Walk, in imitation of that at Uffingtoo, by whieh appellation it is still known. He beightned all the roads Isadii^ to the bouse, carrying thither many thousand oartloads of earth, Uj Far tWs a moatb abort SO. Vy U* boston, k visited our numerous Relations living tiirreaboutA. I drew tlien a Map (after a sort) of all my Journey, which reConi- ing I showd to my schoolfellows, k surpriid *em with strangv Rslstions of the high countrys as we calM 'em, which was a new workl to me, bred up in our L4»vel k had no other uuiion U hills 4 mountains than what I had formd in my own mind, fttNn the words in the Latin Grammar. The next morning at my Aunts, when I got up k saw from my chamberwindows the s«ljacent Eleration of Keal hill, I was iufinitely at a k)ss to hare a true Idea of the place k the Cborob al top, 4 Mtking eoM mil W. STUKELETy 1720. 13 moi tho' snfficientlj tird & 8ore with rideing before/from taking a joarney up to it, so I was conducted by my Aunt's man, Philip Englishy who since dyd at Medlam house Farm in the Fen, I remember I was so silly as to ask him, (being fond of knowing the origine of things^) whether it was not made by one Keal & thence derived its name, & nothing sufficiently can express the emotion of my passions upon so new a scene of Nature. The yariety of ascents, the fine Prospect, gave me a satisfaction I was an utter stranger to before, & I fancyd myself in an enchanted world. Whilst we stayd there I was strangly delighted with a brook that ran before my Aunts door, & could not be easy till I had tracd it up to the very Fountain head, & learnt how it issud from the Ground, & then I oonceivd so strong an affection for that countiy that I never could rightly relish my native plains again, & even when I came to live & practise at Boston I always thought my self peculiarly happy, & took all opportunitys to visit this country & the Wolds again, & felt an uncommon pleasure when I was mounting these hills, the primitive face of the Earth, & tnmd my back of the low countiy which I esteemdonly as the leavings of the Ocean & artificial Ground. Whilst I was a schoolboy I learnt to dance of Mr. Butler among the other young Fry of the Town, & my Fa'* engagd Mr. Smith, our Schoolmaster, to teach me to play on the Flute, A I found it serviceable to my health,^ that gentle exercise strength- ening my lungs which were naturally weak, insomuch that I was several times in danger of falling into a consumption which seems transmitted to me from my Grandfa'* Bullen, but by the care of Dr. Nutton of Spalding I recoverd. At this time I was always possessed with a mighty inclination of retiring into the Wood^ & little shady places in the Parish & round about, so * . I Qtd to be troubled in mj 7011th 4c ail my Bron> k Sister with kyVd heela in winter time, k chapd handi in MTeritj of weather from an acrimony of the blood. Ify Uncle Stokel^ ntd to be affected after the same manner even whilst he wai a yonng man.— W. 8. [Aboot this time happend near a total eclipse of the Son, which I remember was an agreeable sight to me.]— W. S. * Qnapload oak wood near a fana of my Fa^ like that described by Ftatardi, v. IheseL densissimam ^ylTam aspan^oq et fndtleeeoiiBitamw— W, 8. u that on hotjdmj% I gwenDj {mmI a good Ami of time tfaore, 4 wUlft the other boys were botjr in bunting for birds neita, I boajd nqraelf in reading tome book I oarryd in roj poeket, or eootenplating die abmbs 4 planta, 4 entling roj Name on the bark of treea with the date, numy of whieh in the pariah I bare aeen ainoe atill remaining. Mr. Kebal oar Matter oad to make oa bring abatracta from the aennon on Mmidaj mominga, which I had to good an art at taking that I oooU fiimiah tome of mj echool feUowi with portioaa at a reaaonaUe rate, 4 dnnrti a oonaiderable traffic that way. Onoe, when Terj yoimgy I took a fimej to pUj the tmant 4 ahacooded far 9 or 8 daya, bat wae catobd I7 m j Fa** on horae- back in an onaeaaonabie hoar 4 place 4 aent capttre to echool| bat with an ityonctiQa to be apored for the fint fianlt I learnt 00 the Flote afterwarda of Mr. Herring, Organiat ai BattoQ, who went to Booie 00 the Jubilee year with roj Lord Kseter that djd abroad. I had a tolerable knadt of nttking EngUah 4 Latin rereea, which waa eoocmragd bj Mr. Smith, 4 mj Fa'* who finequentJy gare aae aobjecta oot of the Sertptare 4 other beadi to exerdae my Talent npon, 4 he weald be parti- ealarlj pleaad to read *em orv. I oad to goe a etmpUng with Mr. Aaooagh, Apothecary in the Town, into Fleet Wooda, 4 knowing a pretty many plania, layd, I baUere, the Foandatioa for my bielinatioQa to the etody of Phjraic in that early age. Mr. Belgrafo, who waa bred at Oxford, 4 an ingeaioaa Geat, being fieq neatly at my Fatbera booee, woald be talking with my Maaler 4 Fa'- among other learned aobjecta, open Aatrooemy, 4 I eudeeiord ahraya to liatea huhind the ecreea to their daa- eoorea, partieolarly when they were open the topic of the eartha BBotioa, which I peroeiTd Mr. Belgrade waa firmly pereoaded oC Bat I thooght it eo improbable a notion that I eet mjreeif to work lo collect, from Coriptuie and my own little Reaaoning, all the Afgumeota I coald mnaier op, 4 had them in a book eo aa that it made a little vohune, drawing at the eame time echemee of the planetary Orfaa aa I oooceivd *cm to be, 4 woald eometimee wmt' tore to argoe with them open that head. Setreral yeara after when my cooceptiooe of theee mattan were better formed I bomt ■jBoekwUehaayFar-waefeiya^ry ntifor he W. 8TUKKLET, 1720. 15 fistch it to read to Company, being pleaad with my attempt tho^ I aoppose not much eonvincd by mj weak argunentation. I nsd to eonyerae very mnch with the Parish Clark, Wm. Pepper, a tenant of my Fa"* who taught me something of the use of the Quadrant, & Dialling, & some Astrology withal, so that I eonld take the height of a steeple, & readily erect a scheme of twelve houses, A was very fond of the art, till the Uniyersity corrected my Judgment in those matters. Mr. Brampton, Organist of Sotton, a nuithematician, ««d to be with my Fa'- some Ume 41 was mightily dehghted w^ his company ; he had a knack in Astrology, & Physiognomy, & the like, & would often tell me I was bom to good Fortune but he did not acquaint me with the rules of his art Mr. William Tidd, whom my Fa'* employd in tyling the houses he built, was another correspondent of mine in such amusements, & Mr. W"* Day who lives now at Spalding, who was very ingenious in Drawing & Painting, increased my Love & Practise in the exercise of the pen, & I foUowd the trade of map making so that I had delineated pretty good plans of our whole parish as far as my Travels reachd, & by degrees made maps of the whole country. I had improvd my writeing A fao simile, so that I was a perfect master of Secretaiy, & Text, & Chancery, and Court hand, that my Fa'* resolved to take me to his own business, & declind admitting any clerks upon that account I affected Carving very much, A cut heads & figures out of Wood and Brick and Stone, some of which my Fa'* would take A place in his buildings. One head now stands in the Gavel end of the study he built anew at his house, next the Gkuv den, & I became so considerable a mechanic, that when any Poppet shows came to Town I presently imitated them, & made Scenes, Figures with moveable Legs, & Arms, & Strings to them, & uad to perform very notably before a great spectators of my School fellows on a holiday, & had a huge collection of such wooden Qentry. I likewise at this time had a strange propen- sitj to Buflding which was either an extratbiee Indination or Lnitation at least of my Fa'* for I made littie brick molds, A temperd day, A burnt the bricks I made, many 1000, A then cot them into tapering forms, ^practised Edifices in Minniatore, A was vecy diligent in making A trying all sortB of ArdMSy 4 16 OOMJODITAITI. finding oot the prineiplaa upon wbiob their ftrengtb iBprnniB^ k the different fonni & weights thai thej wonld soetain. One of mj Fathen men had got the collection of old tongt made on Bobin Hood. A among the reet of hia company m^ Nao»e eake, which he uad to aing oTer to tis in a winters erenmg. This ael my head upon Archery, to that I made me 4 my Bro^ Bowi 4 arrows, 4 we became very ex[iert at Archery, so that I hare fre- quently kilM a small bird when we rambled about the fields. I imagine this was rery serviceable too in my health in opening the Thorax 4 lungs, 4 gave me a vast strength in my arms, so that I can break an ordinary Manchester Bow with drawing it About this Tmie I remember I took a fimcy for old Coyns 4 Medals, 4 Mr. Lentoo of Fleet finding a whole urn full of Roman Brass coyn in that Parish, I got several of them which I have to this day. One odd humor I had of burying several different peices in boxes up 4 down in my Fathers pastures which lye there now. All which fancjs were but the dawnings of those studys which I pursuM at more mature years. Mr. Pettit who kept an Inn at Holbech, 4 had been brought up al Hayes Printing house at Cambridg, was a collector of coyns 4 other antiquitys, 4 encouragd me in such amusements, several of his I have now by me of his gift, as likewise an old casting mold df black marble. I suppose it Saxon because one of the fiioes of the coyn is a mitred figure, the other a lyon of that date ; it was found in Oranichester plowd lands near Cambridge. There was about this time an okl brass seal dug up in my Uncle SCnkeleys Garden, having cut in it two coats of arms, one a portcullis, the other a cockatrice, between them a man in long robes, the Ltg* end 60VRXBDa)eV60D6R.» I gave it to S' Hans Sloan. I had been for some time at the top of our School at the age of 18, 4 had got a relish for learning, 4 the diffienltys being eonqurr*d I took a real pleasure there, 4 it was with relncUDoe I left it I writing a good hand, my Father took me to his buai- neas then, being aboot the UUer end of the year 1700, t«**^«*^^g to bring me up to the Law for some time with him, 4 then thai I ahouM prepare myself by study for the Gown m Loodoo. He gave me great eoooorageoMnt 4 advantages in thai boaiaeaai 4 W. STUKELEY, 1720. 17 I had bj Clerks Fees, Bonds & the like got a sam of money. But that profession did not at all suit my Genius, For I was never without some of my School Books & Classics in my Desk, & whenever my Fa'* was oufc of the way I was much more eager upon them than my business which upon all occasions went heavily thro' my hands, tho he laid all Temptations in my way to forward me. I rode about the countiy with him, & was usd as his Equal in all Company. He usd to represent to me that if I chose to follow the Common Law I might succeed him at Hol- bech to great advantage, where all our Belations livd, & the whole country at our own Disposal. He hinted to me his inten- tions of my marrying an heiress there, of a Family nearly allyd to me, who had an estate in the Parish equal to his own. If I rather chose to make a figure at the Bar, he doubted not but his Interest & Acquaintance could put me forward to advantage, & often flattered me that he had ever conceived thoughts of my Being a Great Man, which I always wonderd at I always came to London with him at the Terms (first in June 1701), but what- ever Uttle time I had to spare I generally spent in vieuing the buildings, monument, & frequenting Booksellers shop. Going thro* Great & Little Stukeley near Huntington in one of our Journeys, my Fa'* told me those Towns were the place whence our Name & Family came, & where our Ancestors formerly lived. Our Country Lawyers in their Travel usd to call them, by way of Joke, Adlard & John Stukeley, in allusion to my Uncles & Fa"** name. My Fa'* took me to the Playhouse with him to see the Yeo- man of Kent acted, the first I had been at Another time 1 went with him to the House by tlie Waterside, since demolisbd, in Baldwins Gardens. I went with him to Wolwich to see the Boyal Sovereign launchd.' S'* Pauls I took particular delight in, & would clamber up the scaffolds & ladders among the work- men to observe their arts & Engines. I remember then the ' I lay witii mj Far. thmt night at Staple Inn, that the prodigiooi great wind was which ragd all oTer Bngland, antild half the citj, blew down an infi- nite namber of traea, aa we obeennl in oar joom^ home, k the top of Waltham OroH^ 8L Bridaa 8tee|de was Jntt then finithd. Uj Far* wakd me WTeral in the night, bat I ilept ao loand that I neTer took notice of it— W. 8. 0 18 ooMMEirrAmTB. ClipoU was open at top, hmng ctmrjd np about aa high aa the innernioat Iron Balcoaj. When wa went to Weatm' ioalead of b€ftrin^ the Trjala I waa bosr at the Bookaellera aUlla, t gene- rmllj filld mj Pocketa home with Booka which he oad to obaerre 4 chide me for apending mr monejr. I bought M icroacopea, 4 Burning GUaaeay Pronpect QIaaaea, magnetic compaaaea^ Diala^ 4 all aorta of that kind of Ware, & waa tpiriblj puzxied to hide *em from him 4 conrtj *em down into the coontir. I bought aereral Booka of Aatronomr, 4 Anatom j, 4 Phraic, which at all leiaare honra I waa continoallr poring upon, 4 drawing achemea from *em. In abort my Fa'- found all pretmiling armptoma of roj eager Inclinationa to a atudy of a more refined Nature than that of the Law. I uad to goe to Lincoln with him at the Aaaixea, 4 we waa upon our Joumej thither the Sundaj that newacameof K. Williama De«th, (Mar: 1702) But waa more delighted in the Cathednd than attending the Judgea, 4 in riew- ing the old Monumenta, the Kuina of the Bpa Palace, 4 oU Cburchea, 4 Reliquea d* Antiquity in the Town« When at home I frequently abaented my aelf to range alone into the wooda to gather herba 4 aim|)lea, 4 conceiTd a paasionate Deaire for the atody of Phyaic, which I tliought would fully aatiate my Pbtkn aophical Qeniua. And at laat my Fa' waa reaolrd to humor the Bent of my mind 4 tend me to the University* which 1 eagerly df^inl, tlir Virnr of ilirTown Mr. I*im'»»w hnvni** thru T^t#» w^n* thcro who bad been my ■cboollelluwa, 4 at Vacationa they had fir'd me with fine atorj-a of the way of Living there. My Bit/* John who waa next to me in age being at [thia] time able to auooeed me aa mr Fa*^ Gierke. About then I had an inatance, which I can*t forget, of an unaooountable intemml motion, or extraordinary notice of aa Brent, whereof I have aince upon aome ocoaaiona obaenrd the like. My Bro' and I by together in the aame bed in the blue ehamber, 4 for four or five nighta together I waa atrmngely dia- tnrbed m my aleep with Dreama of Hobbera, and that oar bouae • Ladi tkaa at IW Ualwiity of mn commtrj. Jote k AahroM ftmlov Mr. A»4l. rm of Lr^mhmgum (wte dfd pAraon of THibifX Mr. fark of Lai* Mf B«tK k Mr. R4»k of ^mMom, Mr. FMof OoiMy. Mf. r^cil of Bo|. -w.ai W. 8TUKELET9 1720. 19 was broke open, that I constantly awoke in the night rerj much frighted & nsd to tell my firo'* of it. 80 far was I alarmd at it that before I went to bed I took some pains to bolt & barricade the chamber door which I had neyer done before', till one night, after as soond a sleep as eyer I had in my life, I was wakend by the sermnt maid knocking at the chamber door in the morning to tell me the house was broke open. I got up & foond that an Lnon bar in the Ghurden window jnst under me was forced out & the house had been plunderd. My Fathers Desk in the study was broke open & some money taken away, & some peices of plate, & the like, which were scatterd about the house, & we found that two or 3 horsemen had been in the yard & Garden who had committed the Bobbeiy, but we never could find them out They took away among other things a fine hunting scy- meter tipt with silver, & a knife in it, given me by my Aunt Ampleford,' & a silver edgd hat which was the first & only one I ever had. We had some notice that one of the Bogues was afterward hangd at Peterburgh or Huntington. But it was a thing very infrequent in our country, and of which I had no reason to have any natural apprehensions of, & made a deeper impression upon me. In Easter Term 1703 my mother was at London which was the last time. She lodgd in a house in Ducks Court, whose Ghuden came under our chamber windows in Staple Inn, which chambers my Fa'* bought when he first began to practise, & my unde had half of them, viz^ those up one pair of stairs on the left hand, they were rebuilt 1700, Inner or Garden Court The Door was openM thence into Southampton buildings since his DeatL That Term my Fa'* was engagd in a great peice of work in making writings settling & selling all Mr. Belgraves Estate in our country. Mr. Belgrave, Mr. Benj. Saunderson, Mr. Tyrer, Coz. Bob. Bullin & his wife, Mr. Hadlcy Coney, & others, being purchasers. My Fa'* Mo'* &, I usd to dine together every day at Mr. Shepherds, the Crown, over ag^ Staple Inn Gkte in Holbom. ' Jane Stnkeley married in 16S2 to John Ampleford, who died in 1701, the last of a long line. The following inacriplion is on hit monument in Qed* BCjChnch:— "Ultimoi a maiibnt generoea itixpe ciaitai UltimvB airtiqai Koniiils iHe fait** 10 COMWIKTAmTA. Pkrt of that Estate, of w^ I wrote thr writingn, being in Holbech ICanhy waa bought bj mj wives fa' WiUiamsoD, A, told bv hta •on for £300 w*- was p*- me for my wives fortune. I was admitted Pensioner in Corpus Chri^ti, or Bennit Col- lege, CambridfT, Not. W), 1703. I was examined by my countnr- man old Mr. Beck/ the senior Fellow, A Mr. Waller :* mv Tutor was Mr. Thomas Fawceti* recommendcnl bv Mr. Dodson, Bro' to my Uncle Dodson, at that time Butler of Kingn Collo;^ I went to reside there about Li day following, k kept in the ground chamber in Katherin Hall Court, next tlie Walk that leads to the Gate, my study was the first corner of the College on tlie right hand going from the street to the gate. Mr. John Brand, now liTing near Norwich, was my chum k at that time Janitor A Chappel Clerk. I was, toon aAer, Scholar of the House A re- mored into my Scholarship Chamber, tlie ground room on the left band, the first stair case on the right hand of tlie Court beyond the comer ; my study tiuit in tlie room, A bed that next the file place. I had not been a month in tb<* University before I made a map^ of the whole Town. I was matricuUted Spring 1704. I staid all that year in College, appljnng m^'self to the socumd «tudys, A constantly attending Lectures, tometime twice or thrice s day, A Chsppel tbrioe a day, A Marce missed thre<* timc*^ all tlie while I utaid in College. My Tutor, A Mr., now Dr., Danny,* atlerwsrds Cluip* * Mr. 8«aiMl B«ck ooolribvtad a 10 towmrd* the rrfAiritt; mmI bMaufjtaf %k§ wc«t ii4« oi Um oolUfs. * John Waller. B.D.. Raoior oi & Beo««lict'i Chwdi. CMihrklfv. froM 170S to 1707, WM iMtitatod in ITU to the \icMr%^t «>f el. 1717 * Tlds map to in oae oi SUkelcj't rol«B«i oi I>ravinf«. dated 1 70S, la Um I I I oi tiM BsT. H. r. 81. ioha, oi DiaiBor« Hoaar. * I>r.Daaaj47'ds4^pQCocth Yorhahf. 1730— W.&. rurabrial §iDmmjmm W. 8TUKELBY, 1720. 21 to the Chancellor of the Universiiy, the Duke of Somerset, now Rector of Spofforth in Yorkshirei joind in reading to their reepectiye Pupils. The former read to us in Classics, Ethics, Logic, Metaphysics, Divinity, & the other in Arithmetic, Algebra, Gfeometry, Philosophy, Astronomy, Trigonometry. Mr. Fawoett read to us in Tullys offices, the Greek Testament, Maximus Tjrrius by Davis, Clerks Logics, Metaphysics, Grotius de jure Belli & Pacis, Pufendorf de Officio Nominis & Civis, WUkins Natural Religion, Lock of himian Understanding, Tullys Ora- tions. Mr. Danny read to us in Wells Arithmetica numerosa & speciosa, Pardies (Geometry, Tacquets Geometry by Whiston, Harrises use of the Globes, Rohaults Physics by Clark. He read to us Glarks 2 Volumes of Sermons at Boyles Lectures, Yare- nius G^graphy put out by S'* Isaac Newton, & many other occasional peices of Philosophy, & the Sciences subservient thereto. These courses we went thro with so much constancy that with moderate application we could scarce fail of acquiring a good knowledg therein. All this while I turnd my mind particularly to the study of Physick, & in order thereto began to make a diligent & near inqui- sition into Anatomy & Botany, in consort with Hobart, a senior Lad of our College who was enterd into that study, & since dead. With him I went frequently a simpling, & began to steal dogs &, dissect them & all sorts of animak that came in our way. We saw too, many Philosophical Experiments in Pneumatic Hydro- static Engines & instruments performed at that time by Mr. Waller, after parson of Grantchester, where he dyM last year beeing professor of chymistry, & the doctrine of Optics & Teles- copes & Microscopes, & some Chymical Experiments, with Mr. Stephen Hales' then Fellow of the College, now of the Royal Society. I contracted acquaintance with all the Lads {& them only) in the University that studyd Physic, & Swallow of Pem- broke who took his Batchelor of Physics degree while I was * I drew oat Mr. Halet^i machine of the planeta motioni which he fint projected, tc gave the idea of the horarja. We were meditating to begin another bat my fathers death preTcnted it. — W. 8. See Common -place Book, jN^ffM. A drawing of the machine ^ inTcnted and executed by Mr. Stephen Hales, aboat 1705,'' u given in one of the Volamea of Drawings, in the pot- iMdoD of the BcT. H. F. 8t. John. ff OOmODfTAftTB. therfty A sinoe pnotiied near or at Bp ^Stortford, now dmd ; Child of Magdaleo who now prmotuat at LaTeobam Soflblk, 4 Pany Hnmphryi who both took the aame degree, the lalter now lires in North Wales ; Joseph Sparkea, of 8^ Johns, who now lives at Peterborgh ; Henry Slebbing, of Katherin HaU, who since took Ordert, A has signalisd himself ag^ the Bp. of Bangor ; Kitchener of Queens College, since dead ; Dr. Ashenhorsty oofr living in Trinity College ; Dr. Addeobrook/ now dead. I was acqnsinted with Dr. Craak, since dead, at Bury 8t Edmonds, With these I usd to range about once or twice a week the drcom* jacent country, & search the Gravel A Chalk pits for fossils. Gogmagog hills, the Moors about Cherry Hinton, Grantchesler, Trumpington, Madingley Woods, Hill of health, Cbestertoo, Barnwell, were the frequent scenes of oar simpling toyl, armed with Candleboxes &, Kays eatalogus. We hunted after Butler* tij%j dissected frogs, usd to have sett meetings at our chambera, to confer about our studys, try Chymical experiments, cut up Dogs, Cats, A the like. About 1705 Mr. Hales & Mr. Waller gathectl sobscripCioos to make the oo\d bath about a mile A a half oat of Town. Once Kitchener A I hired horses A rambled to Pottoo A Ckmlingay a simpling, where going into the water in a great pond near an oU seat very imprudently after dinner I had like to have been drowned, having drank pretty freely, it being a very hot day.*^ Another time I went to Safron Waldoo, once I went with my Chum Johnson, now Fellow of S^ Johns, to Ely to visit my Aunt WagstaC Once I went to Pelerbargb, where John A Ambrose Pimlow took orders, A I rsComd that day. Once by my Fathers order I went to visit my Cos. Ann Thompson at Mr. Grayttocks of HiMersham, (Jan : 17(16 )« A these were all the times I rode oat from Cambhdg. My Fa'* oad to visit me in his journeys to A from London, (July 18, 1704), A the first time, among other books, he brought me for a • ^oksAddMbrook. M.D., fofSOTlj FtUovol C^&kefiM BAO^is 171f tan a«000 to foaa4 a Pkjitasl Uoipiul. wydi bj se Ael el r^itati U VM 0|mnd IB 17SS. Mid is pMtly miil hj Hm pXmtmim ol SfipliSf vorkd la mj bssttfsl tartalj, a tkos dtaai sssHSMsaH^— W. & W. 8TUKELET, 1720. 28 present Qsboms advice to a Son which [he] liked mightily, but told me withal that part aboat Love & Marriage did not belong to me A I need not be hasty in reading it over, tho It confirmd me pretty much in following the advice he had several times given me not to think on that state till I was as old as he was when he marryd viz^ 30. I had, the last time I was with him in Town (Mar. 1703-4), bargaind with Mr. Moxon for a pair of GHobeSy & bought of him his book of the use of them, & made my Bro/* who was now with my Father, my Deputy privately to pay for them, which I reckond a mighty Ornament to my study. In Sturbridg Fair time (Sept. 1704} my Fa'- & Mo'- & Mrs. Saonderson of Holbech, & my Aunt Anna Bullin, made a journey to see me. The Correspondence I unavoydably kept up with my Towns- men & Countiymen first learnt me to smoak Tobacco, & upon Tryal, which was at a visit they all made me in my own chamber, I finding it to agree pretty well with me, & the fashionableness of it among the Students, induced me to continue the custom, & I doe beleive it has been somewhat serviceable to my health canying off some of the superfluous humidity of my constitution ; for doubtless so plentiful an evacuation by the Salivary glands in such habits cannot but be of use, & may prevent or diminish several unthought of indispositions. I was the rather incouragd to it by the determination of my studys, thinking it useful against infection of distempers, & the stink of animals we dissected. I had then with me Ambrose Pimlow, now minister at Castle acre & Bongham in Norfolk, an Ingenious Lad, for whom I always had a great kindness, & there was a great intimacy between us & harmony of thought. When I was in the country at my Fa"* house he understood I could smoke, & once tolde me, when he was taking a Pipe alone at home, that I might bear him com- pany, but because he had never asked me before when in other Company I refusd, & he never saw me smoak. 7 Nov'* 1704. My Fa'* sent me word they observd my birth day with all my young relations in the country. Feb : 1705. The Queen was at Cambridg, came from New- market, returned at night, the prince being there. The scholars were placed on one side of the way from Emanuel ColL to the 24 ooMtnafTABTs. Regent Walk. A speech made in the Regent bouae. 8be dined at Trinitjy Dr. Gowcn** the M' of S^ Johns made a speech to her in that College; went to prayers at Kings Cbappel; Dr. James*' M'* of Queens made a speech to her at Qoeeos; Dr. John Adams'* Prorost of Kings made a speedi to her in the Chappell, I was bj, be presented her with a Bible. 8be Knigbt- ed S'' Isaac Newton after Dinner at Trinitji t the Vice Chan- oellorDr. Ellis of Caius.'' I osed to frequent, among the other Lads, the River in sbeeps Oreeni Sl learnt to swim in Freshmens t Sophs pools as the}- are called, A sometime in Paradice, reckoning it a Beneficial Exercise. My Fa' was at Csmbridg July 7, 1705. Whilst I was tbns indulging my stndys, k busy in not ignoble leisure, I had fully determind my thoughts to the study of I^ysic, k felicitated my self upon it, peroeiTing the noisy bar would ne%*er have been for my purpose, or consentaneous to my invio« oible modesty k want of assurance. I was thro*ly of the opinion of the person nsentiond in the Great Poet Ok Scirt ponm^tktm Kcrbanim woaK) — dut, which were now much abated. Bm once he had a severe illness which I beleive was owing to an irreigular paroxysm of that malady, & he really thought he should dye. He was never easy without my Company, & when alone would be counseling of me in the future conduct of my Life & in Family matters, as if it was his last advice, which drew the tears finom my eyes, A made me inconsoleable. And still he would fre- quently insist upon his former declarations how much he verily beleivd I should live to be a considerable Han, & an ornament to his Family, which I could scarce take any otherwise than a Deli- rium, owing to his Illness ; not being able to conceive any thing in my self that should promise so favorable a Prognostic, beyond his excessive Love of me, & that I being his eldest must of necessity have the principal Concern upon my hands, of looking after his posthumous affaira. Li the last year (1705^ of his Life my Mother was brought to bed of a sister which was her last, & he sent for me down in Company with Mr. Bichard Dodson, the Butler of kings College, ag'- the Christning. Li the latter end of the year the child dyd. Ociob. May 1705 my Fa'* usd for the first time the handsome somer- hoQse he had built in his Ghurden, a good peice of woric, where he was very merry with the Qossips, & the last time I ever was merry in his company. At Christmas he made his Will, which he had never done before, t invited Mr. Fimlow the Minister to sup with him that he might wittness his sealing it July 1705, 1 was to have oome down w^ my Fa'* to Hoi- beeh as he came from London, but my Aunt Stokeleys Coaoh t8 COMMRIfTARTS. ooming tbenoe I went home in it A. Ainplefbrd gave me a guinea then. This winter 1705 I went to Cbjmical Lectojm w^ 8. Vigam. The beginnin*; of Nor. 1705 I went to College again. On Satorday morning Feb: 9, 1705-6 my Fa'* called oo me at Cambrid^ in hiii last Joomej to London. He aeot tat me to break fajit with him at tiie black bear, mr Bro'* John with him, & teemM, aji I took particular noticei mighty chearful A gay when I took my last k nerer to be rorp)tten farewelL He had junt bt'fore hurt his left thumb, I sup|)ote againat the •addle upon his hornets stumblin;; or the like accident, which waa some |Mun to him, ii in his last Lettrr he wrot4* to my Mother al Holbech he telU he had that night been in Company with the Mr. Whichcot k BIr. Bertie, Knights for the Shire, who treated him k some more Qent. with Burton Ale, k that he was the first that broke up company, but was then in perfect health, yet usee that remarkable exprension that his thumb still pained him 4 be beleiTed would never be right again. A day or two after, he was siered with a violent pleurisie k sent for Dr. Wright, k Mr. Wood an Apothecary near Staples Inn, he was blooded k blia- terd k followed the Drs. orders, removing out of his own bed^ which joyned upon tlie Wall, into my Uncles being more oonTe^ nient for dressing his blisters, during which operation he expird in i^erfect mind after 2 or 3 dsys sickness. He was of a grots habit of body, k pretty fat k full of blood, k the distemper en* ereasd upon him very suddenly k soon det^Tmind his Fate, which surprixd all the work! of his acquaintance who lost a Friend to him. That very day that I expected him down at Oambridg, upon hit Iletum home, I was with Dr. Pluniptre, then Fellow of Queeoa, who at my Tutors ref|ucst was giving me diredioiia in the study of Physick, k a Meseenger at 1 1 came to me to tell me my Father wss dead, for my Uncle had immediately dispatcbd Ben. Smith, then a Porter at Sta|>ies Inn, with my Fathers two horses to carry the melancholy Nt*wi» to my Mo'* k leave o«e of the horses for me to come up to Town. It can't be imagind, mot [will] I relate, the strange shock so unexpected a message gave ne, k for a minute or two I was as it wen* out of myselfy bat yet the refiectioo of the great Pkrt 1 most bear in this W. STUKELRT, 1720. 29 diiuury scene of mj Family arm*d me with that necessary Mag- nanimity that I recalld my mind, & that minnte took horse for London, meditating all the way npon so sudden an Event, & considering within myself what notices I might have had, or secret Intelligence, to forewarn me of so touching an Accident, bat upon the strictest reflection nothing occurd to me that I could imagine portended this great Change in my Fathers & my own Life, which I admird, when considering that I had observd some- what unusual of that sort upon trivial acc^ before. And after- wards, upon enquiry of the precise time of his Expiring, I recollected what I was doing at that instant, it being about 12 or 1 oclock of the day. Feb. 28. 1705-6 thursday. I found I was simpling at that time, near the Bowling green house in the fields not far from Newnham, the most thoughtless & serene of any part of my Life. When I came to Staple Inn, where I found my Bro'' afler a little while, I went into the Chamber where my Father dyd, & finding him lying in his Coffin upon the Ground I fisU into a most violent Agony of tears & grief, out of which I could not retrieve my self till my Uncle came & joynd in the melandioly consort My Mother sent me immediate Orders to bring his Corps down to be buryed at Holbech, cost what it would ; & I took care to send for Mr. Turin the Painter, who was to have drawn his & my Mo*** pictures that summer, to take the best resemblance he could at that time. My mother had been strangly disturbd with frightful Dreams for some time, & ezpressd her concern for my Fa*** health several times to the Family, & when the Messenger came into the house, tho* she had never seen him before, as she met him in the room before she got down stairs cryd out with great vehemence Mr. StukeUy it dtauL Mr. Rix & all the Neighbors who bad leam^t the Fatal News came rushing into the house that instant, k could scarce recover her from the swoon, k the whole Town was in an Uproar, k People ran about the Streets as if they had been dis- tracted, & in a minute the whole Country was acquainted with it, k nothing but Lamentation k Condoleance was heard from all Quarters. We brought the body down in a hearse, k everybody wonderd at its looking so fresh k comely after so long a time before we conunitted it to the Oround in the burying Place of M ooimarrAfttt. tlM Familjr in the North Ea«t Ue of Holbeeh Chordi, where all hit Anoetton of his Name (exoq>i hit Fathflr) who had UtwI in the Coontrj, 4 the Fletea, had been intent for tome Ceulmja. We made a Tery handaom burying for hinii & the Expeoee of aU together oouM not be under £100. Mj Fa'- was bat 49 years old when he dyd, A had often aaid be aboold be content with the time allotted to mjr Orandfa'* whiek bat a few months abore 5S. No Oentieman in the Oomitrj erer more oniTenallj bewailed 4 regretted. ETerj peraoo I met, of what rank soever, took pleasure in joining with me ia the senoe of his loss, 4 recounting the favors he had done isr theUi 4 their dii^iair of ever meeting another Friend like htm in the profession, 4 they have since foond their prognoatie tnMu I beleive if he had any thoughts of his death dming his Illaesai he had the least fear of it of any body near him, 4 seemd only to desire to see me before his last minate, for he had aeot my Br/' down an hoar or two before to fetch me op, 4 be was oo the Road when the Messinger overtook him 4 sent him baek. He had great personal Coonige, 4 when a jroong Man never de» eiind fighting on a jast oceasion. He ran a Oeatlemaa thro* the Hand that was a Bro'* Prsetitiocier in the Coontry upon a Duel ; but naturally of a very friendly temper, 4 indostrioos to compose difference between Acquaintance. My Uncle Stokeley, who was 10 jrear older 4 bat weakly, coald never reeover himself after. When my Fa'* was dead be ran about the Inn tearing hie hair, wringing his hand«, 4, as soon as we left the town with his Uorpse, fell into bis Ust Illness, 4 dyd that day three weeks ia the same bed. My Aont went op to liondon 4 depoaiisd hia im the VaoH ander 8^ Andrews Charoh. I stayd for some time in the CSooatry to rectify my Co»* cerns, bot my Mo**,^ being a wetnaa of grsat senoe 4 dsjitsnii in Managing basiness, took the Care npoo her self 4 ssot me again lo College to keep my Term 4 piiivae my stodys (May 1706> I eaoM down again in the Bmnssr (Jane 170<) 4 the BmaD pos being prevalent in the Oooatry I was aaiMl with il| W. STUKXLET, 1720. SI maoh to mj joy & satisfaction^ for I bad often expressd mj de- sire of having the distemper, considering the Profession I had undertaken, & it being the distinct sort I happily recorerd, tho' I was pretty ftill. My Mo^* took great pains to remove all my books & prevent my reading, for fear of prejudicing my Eyes. 80 I got some box wood, & cutt a pretty little sceleton out of it, about 6 inches long, where every bone was very distinct in situ A forma. I gave it afterwards in a Case to Mr. Breakneck, my Apothecary at Holbech, & it is now in his shop. My Bro'* John oonstantly attended me during the Illness & never catohd the Infection, but of the rest of us, the younger ones whom my Mo'* would never suffer to come near me, first, my Bro'* fell ill of it (the distinct), & then my sister Frances (of the confluent) & both recoverd ; next, my youngest Bro'* Robert was seizd with them in a violent manner with purple spots & bloody Urine, & the Manservant James Saunders in the same case, & both dyed. Dr. Thomlinson now came into the Country, & fixd to practise at Spalding, a person of good reading, a ready wit & elocution, he had a great kindness for me, & I usd to be often in his com- pany. Dr. Massey too, about this time, came to practise at Wisbech, he was brought up at Oxford ; beside all other qualifi- cations suitable to his Profession, he had a good manner of Draw- ing. With these two I spent a good deal of my time in the Countiy, make journeys on purpose to stay with them a day or two at a time, which my Mo'* was not averse to, judging it no small improvement to me in my Studys to be in their Company. At that time I sett myself to work in dissecting Dogs, & Heiv ons, & all sorts of Animals that came in my Way.'* We had an old Oat in the bouse, which had been a great Favorite of my Fathers A the whole Familys, & by my Mothers leave I rid her of the infirmitjrs of age, & made a handsom sceleton of her bones, which I canyd to Cambridg with me the next Journey thither, k after I had taken my Degree & was leaving the University I buryed her in a high walk'^ by the sideof the Lane leading firom ^ Now I met with that odd ooificstioii in the sheep which I have since Ctfea to Dr. Meed.— W. 8. " PMiof thefoitificstioiisniedbjO. Cramwell in the besiBBlng of the ciYU wan*— W. 8. the Spittle boose Conduit k the bridge in tbe roed to Qogmmgog bilU, where I uad frequeotly to walk. I likewise loeletonied •ererml difierent sorts of birds, Sl made air pomps t 20 inreotioos to trj mecbmnical k philosophicml experioieiits I bad learnt in my Academical Lectores. I went to London Automn following to lettle mj Fa"** coo- cems tbere, k went to s<*e Coorses of Anatomy with Mr. George Boif wbo lired tben in Cbancerj Lane over ag^ tbe Oardens of Linoolns Inn, k Dr. Swallow. I was in London Dec'* 1 706. In Nor', mj Bro' Jo. was with me in Town. I went in tbe itage Coach (Jan. 1706-7) to Cambridg. I learnt tben to fence of Mr. Conmer at Ixmdoni k became a considerable Proficient at it I livd at that time in my Fa"** Chambers Staple Inn« I saw tbe Colors carryd in processional Triompbi with tbe D. of Marl- boroogh, to be bung up in Goild Hall. I saw too tbe Pomp of tbe Queen going to Westm' to sing Te Deom for one of oor great Victorys. At this time, I think, the great arch of boards wss made to turn tbe Cupola^ of St Pauls 4 I was at top of it My Mo'* pot out my Bro'* John lo serve his clerkship thro* with Mr. CUrk of St Kes k gave £100 with him (p' money Feb. 1706-7) proposing he should fix to practise at Holbeefa as my Far*^ soccesnori k with tha* view earnestly persuaded my Fa'* when be msde his Will to leave him tbe bouie he lived in, 4 tbe Estate under it, but be would not consent to dismember it from my patrimony. About this time I began to conceive a passionate Lore for Anti<)aitys, 4 because I ssw my Affairs would not indulge in foreign sfiecuUtions of that tort, I tomd my tbooghts for a letsora Amusement to those of my own GHintry. I fn*<]uenUy took a walk to sigh over tbe Roins of Barnwell Abby, 4 made a Draogbt of it, 4 usd to cott pieces of tbe Ew trees there into Tobacco Stoppers, lamenting tbe Destruction of so noble monuments of tbe Piety 4 Magnificence of our Ancrators. Architecture was ever a fiiTorite Diverstcm to me, 4 I ooold sit an boor or two together in the Anticbap|iel of Kings Colkige viewing 4 cooteoi- plating tbe building, 4 made a draught of a longitodinal seotioo » A itstsii, 4ais< I70S, >• la sat olliis feis> sl gmagog hills, most of which the Lads & Fellow ooDomoners of mj Acquaintance begd of me. In mj journeys home ward to Holbech I took out the famous inscription of Ovinus,' now on a stone tumd to a horsing block at the 3 kings aldioose in Hadenham, the most ancient religious inscription in En^and. This winter 1705 I went again to Chymical Lectures with Seignor Yigani at his Laboratory in Queen's College. I took down all his Readings in Writing, & have them in a Book with Drawings of his manner of building Furnaces of Dry Bricks with- out Lron or Mortar, & his manner of regulating the Fire to any degree of heat. At this time my Tutor gave me a Room in the College to dis- sect in, & practise Chymical Experiments, which had a very strange appearance with my Furniture in it, the wall was gene- rally hung round with Guts, stomachs, bladders, preparations of parts A drawings. I had sand furnaces, Calots, Glasses, & all sorts of Chymical Implements. I then tryd a good experiment of blowing up the lungs thro a heated gun barrel for a day together, a pair of bellows being tyd to the wind pipe, & a pan of charcoal under the barrel, so that the lungs being thro'ly dry I ponrd into them melted lead which filld up all their ramifications like the branches of a tree, then rotting the substance of them with water I had the finest animal plant that ever was seen which was mightily admired, but I pulld it all to bits to give away little portions of it among my acquaintance. Here I & my Associats ofien dind upon the same table as our dogs lay upon. I often prepard the pulvis fiilminans & sometime surprizd the whole Col- lege with a sudden explosion. I cur'd a lad once of an ague with it by a fright * A iketdi of the stone U in one of hii Yolnmet of Drawings, in tlie pos- sesrioo of the Bev. H. F. St John. The inscription is luosm tuam ovdto ua VKVB n BBQUniC. AMKH. Stokdej adds this note : ^'This Inscription I took in the jeer 17<^, at Hadenham, when 1 saw it in company with Mr. Bog. Gale. Oviaas is St Owen, the house Steward of St Andzy. He dy'd at 8t Chads, stM^yAD-seo." 84 Aboai thii tinM there happeod e total Edipee of the moon which I late op most pert of the night to obeenre. II jr Mother hid enjojrd but e week ttete of health eome time before mj Fathere Death, but reoeird each a shook in hia kMa that, with Orief k the fatiguee of butineae, the was now fallen in a dangerous Sickness, k which provd her last So that earlr in the Spring of this year 1707 she sent for me down k I peroetnl her Tisibly decline ererjr day. Dr. Barker of Ljmn attended her but without any hopes of Ileoorery. Her Spirits were entirely depressd, k an hjrsteric cholic led on the Fstal Tragedy so fast that no Remedys couM stem it, yet to the last she showed a more than Feminine Magnanimity, k would give directions in all boai- ness that occurd with great stedyness of Mind, 4 comforted her- self that I was of years able to supply her pUce 4 presenre the Family 4 Estate from Ruin, but one thing which is remarkable gare her grtmi uneasiness, k she was always telling it to aU her Visitors, that she was perfectly assured some one of her ehildrm would soon follow her to the Orare, 4 all her Drsams, which she thought portended Death, were Double as she expressd it And at that time, what with gretf 4 the weight of such Melancholy Scenes, I was very much indisposd myself My Bro'* John was sent for from S** Ires to attend her last minutes, 4 she orderd ua to be calld up together sereral nights in the return of her par« oxysms when she thought her self expiring, 4 was particularly inquisttiTO about my health, dreading I was destind to aooomp> any her, which she thought would bring our Aflisirs into an irre* ooTerable Disorder. On the 8^ July 1707 she expird about IS ackMrk at Nooo. I being then upon the bed in the Room of my Nativity. My Bro' John, about that instant coming out of the Garden, in the Passage saw, as he thought, coming down the grsai stairs, socne body aU in white which he imagind some of the women atteodia|( on my Mother, 4 looking upon *em to enquire afW her saw the appeareance instantly vanish, which affrighted him prodigiously, ao that in the Hall Mr. Breaknock the Apothecary net [him] in the greatest disonler possible, insomuch that for some time be eoohi not speak, bat at length rsoovering himself ho told htoi wkilbe had seen, 4 they both eame op stairs la W. STUKBLET, 1720. 35 iL I ohided him severely for entertaining such a fancy as I imagind it, & strictly chargd 'em both to say nothing of it, least the Country should raise a story of my Mothers apparition or the like, & he neyer mentiond it again, but his own Fate so aeon following made me think there might possibly be such a thing as an admonition firom some higher Power of his approach- ing Dissolution ; & this is the only Accident of this sort that erer I knew or heard of in our Family. The yerity of which, as I rdate it, is incontestable, & what Mr. Breaknodc, now living at Holbech, can sufficiently evidence. We buryed my mother in a plain Wooden Coffin according to her express order, & without any pomp, by my Fathers left side ; the Child that last dyd lying at their head, & my youngest sister that dyd just before my Father at their right hand, the other children that had been buryed be- fore at their Feet, along our seat in the Church. Having per- fbrmd their obsequies I kept house till Michmas following,' but my Illness inoreasd upon me so that the whole Country gave me over for gone ; but I considerd much in my self that tho' I was not afiraid of Death, which I can safely affirm never affected me in all my Life, yet then was the only time It would be unseason- able, & would often tell my Friends, who acquainted me with the discourse of our Neighbors, that they should be oonvincd of that Mistake, for that I was resolvd to live, A by Dr. Nuttons care, who had been my Physician from my Youth, I perfectly recoverd after some time. My Bn/' John, upon his return to his Master at 8^ Ives, was seized with a violent bloody flux & fever, A could not be easy without my seeing him, & to gratify him, ill as I was my self, I * Uj Aimt, Anna Bnllen, staying with me as my Hootekeeper. She wai a Toy haadflom woman, marxyd aomt yean after to Mr. 8am. King, who came to live at Holbech * practiae the Law after Mr. Topham dyd. She bnryd him, k afterwards marxyd again in London, hot dyd noon after Se waa brought down hj her partieolar rtqaott to be boryed near my Mor. in Holbech eh. At this time I came aoqoainted with Mr. Locae of Holywell, near Onildtboroogh, Hoithtonshire, who was down in the ooontzy with his eldest liater whom I •hall speak of hereafter. In a joomey to Tiait them abont this time I went to Oeadle, k, Thnqseton, k Wellinboroogh, k Northton, where I took a drawing of QaetBS Gross the flnt in my TraTcUing book. I jnst then began to draw with iDdiaa Inkw— W. & 86 COmiKNTABTB. took a journey thither bat wm hood forod to oome borne •gAin 4 became worse than before. I left him to the care of Dr. Craak of Cambridge A he mended a little, bat his Distemper retomd 4 carnrd him off Au^. 7. 1707, in the 18th year of his age^ •boot 8 at night, a shaq) lad of good parts Sl Tiracitj A good dispo- sition, most like my Grandfather whose name be bore, jet ntfwer afrt*ct4Hi learning, having only enough for his profeasioo, tbo be went to school as long aji I did, but ne%*er gave into a liking of Scholastic Confinement, k consequently made no rast improTe- ment in it, the* he wanted no ca|>acity for any thing. Bat his Genius was more for action, k he was a great artist at shooting, coursing, k sll Country Exercises, k expressd great eameslaeaa k pleasure in the thoughts of lining in my Fathers boose at Hoi- becb. He was an admirable Clerk k would (bad he linl), [bare] been without question noUble in his profession. I found among his Tapers a Drawing he had maile of the Ground plot of our House k the adjacent pastures, well enough done by bis memorT, k the alterations in the Wslks, Gardens, Fishponds, ke. which I conceive he denignd Uy make had Fate given him a longer ierm^ for he had the comon family tante for rural Improvemeota 4 I^nting. I could not possibly attend his funeral, k so sent orders to burr him there in the (^burch, in nome measure cooteot that it was not far from the old habitation of our Family, k their origi- nal neat, Great Stukeley. So he was interrd in the North lale^ just at the entrance that goes into the Quire. U{>on this Mr. Staunton, Schoolmaster of Moulton, where my only Bro' Adiard was now at School, k where my UocU A«ilanl Stukel«*y had fonnrrly been a Sc^bolar, usd to say in com- |iany that hi« Boy wa^ sun* of the Kstate. But I thought Death had made sufficient Itavage in the Family at that time, I having lost my Father, Mother, two Bro*^, k Sifter, beside my Dode, in less than two years time, that I was, as I then expresad it, reaolvd to Live k deceive them all, k perfectly reeorerd. My Mother was 39 years old at her death. She was boni at Skidbrook, in the Marsh Country of Linooloahire, near Loath, whereabouts my Grandfather BuUin had hved before he oaoM into HoUand. Her Mothers Namei k his First wife, was f nftaa W. STUKELE7, 1720. 87 The famOj of Loftes Btill about Lonth in good cirenmstances. She was my Fathers Widow 16 months, with whom she had lived in the most perfect Conjugal Affection & mutual happiness almost 20 years. I heard her say that a little before he djd, re- flecting upon the time of their Marriage, they should have been content to compound with heaven had they been at first assured of living so long together. When he first marryed he often usd to wish that he might have as many Sons, & of the same Names, as all his Ancestors that had lived at Holbech before him, & it was entirely fulfilld, he leaving just so many alive, (besides those that dyd young,) & one Daughter of my Mothers Name Frances. My Mother* was a Woman that I could not say enough of were she no Relation. In person reasonably tall, & very well shapd, of a good Complexion & color, her hair davkish. She was reck- ond as Comely a Woman as any in the Country, of an admirable Witt & Understanding beyond far the greatest number of her sex, of a fine soft voice, decent carriage & sober deportment, very ready & agreeable in Discourse, Gentile in her Dress, exceeding good humor, courteous, of a very mercifull & charitable disposi- tion, adord by all of her own sex, & lovely in every bodys eye, happy in everybodys good word. She ynroie a fair large hand, & spelt better than the Generality of women, read with a very good Grace,.& nothing of business or Learning that she attempted but she could be perfect in it She could manage business with vast dexterity in any kind, a G^od Arithmetician, & quick in all sorts of accounts. For her houswifery in the Country way, & Domestic JSconomy, exceeded by none; bountiftd & kind to her servants, dependants, & the needy ; of an exact Regu- larity in her manners & converse ; very constant in Devotion & Saenments ; of a merciful & humble Disposition, yet equal to every part of the Character of a Gentlewoman ; a most affec- tionate wife, & met with a reciprocal return of Love ; tender to her children, & willing to Sacrifice her life for their good. The frequency of child bearing reducd her strength & health very eariy : yet the Greatness of her Soul, & Firmness of Mind, was never much cast down by any affliction. She often felicitated * Mj Mor. was at London in 16S8, the great froet yesr, at Mn. Tander* ipnftii Watling Stveet, a corner heote hj Iiondon stone.— W. 8, 88 oomcnTAETa. her Mif & tbankd ProTideDoa thmi nooe of ber c^iUreo wera de» formd or defective in their Members or Intellects. She deli^ed ber idf in Oardeninp, & was moch pleased in s Stone Btaloe I made of a Cupid, the Summer afler mr Fa'* dyd which thm intended to sett in the middle of ber Flower Farterr. At MichAas 1707 I sold all the Houshold Goods, A iett the houAe to Mr. Topham who came there to practise the Law. I put my Sister out to board with Mr. Rix one of roj chief TeoasU in Octob. All the monej I could raise by sale of Goods, k mj Flate, at Sturbridg Fair, whidi my Fa' gave me in his Will par- ticularly, went to pay several large sums of money my Fa'* waa unfortunately bound for with my Uncle, whidi was a vast ioooo- renience to me at that time &, crampt me to a great degree, tha Creditora being importunate for their Debts, which amounted to about £40(1. My Mo'* had likewise paid a great deal in ber li£i time for my Fa"** debts, &, for putting my Bro'* out Clerk. I paid too by degrees all the remainder, which was a very gre«t sua in the whole, &, clieckd all my ambitious flights, so that what with tbem, t my Bro*** &, Sistera fortunes, I paid near as much aa my Fa*** flslate was wortL He dying suddenly in great Coo* cems of business left his aflfaire in disorder. He had taken up a great deal of money for carrying on his buiMings, A moat part of his debts I was cheated of thro* my own uni'ki I fulness in sock aflfaira &, my avocations to follow my stodys which I was reaolvd not to neglect at all events, tho* exfjensive. I had no way to extricate my self thro* these difficultys but patience A frugali^^ as for marrying I was fully determind against that, but propoad to raise my Fortunes (if it should be my luck) by my Profcaaioo^ & as finiily resolvd fully to satisfy all my Fathera debts tho* I might by Law have wipd many of them ofll Yet I thoogbi oomon principlea of honesty k Respect to my Fa"** Memofj would not permit it. I being still under age, chose for my Guardian, pro forma, my Cos. John Bemey of Lynn, a very hocest k worthy GeBl, 4 who was very aaaiatant to me ; A patting all my a&ira ta the beat poatnre I could, I went again in the Aotomn to Caabridg, being now four yeara standing, k a Soph according to the Ac»» deoue Fhraae, who think thameelTsa do omu fcUuii 4 W. STUKBLEY, 1720. 39 Urge antoriiy over the Inferior Lads. When I came to Cam- bridg I found Mr. Bolf dissecting there, & he was dedard Pro- fessor of Anatomy in the University. He was very curious too in the knowledge of Botanies. Mr. Step. Hales, & he & I, & Mr. Sherwin, Fellow of Christs, & several more of us, usd to goe a simpling together. I had drawn a Map of the County of Cam- Inridg to put into Rays Catalogus which I carryd about with me. Tbey put me upon dressing up a new Edition of that famous Bartorer of Botany among us, whereto should have been prefixd a Map, & they would procure the large Additions to the work of plants observd there since his time, but my short stay there pre- vented any such thoughts being put in execution. Now all the Scholars of my year took their Batchelor of Arts degrees, & for the most part dispersd, & few of them have I since seen. I con- to be present at Seignior Vigani's Chymical Lectures, & time went thro' a Course of Materia Medica with him. I a particular Favorite of his, & often visited him & receivd his Visits again. My Acquaintance was now much lessnd in CoUege so that I tumd the stream still more difiusively among those of my own Line. I visited the Apothecarys shop to make my self perfect in the knowledge of Drugs, & Officinal Compo- sitions & exercisd a little Gratis Practise among the poor people that depended upon the College, & such lads as would trust them- sdves to my Care. I prescribd often to one Smith, who was our Joyner, & the Fellow in gratitude promisd me his body to dissect when he dyd, which happening next Spring when I was out of College he expressd much concern that I could not have the benefit of his Promise. In my own Elaboratory I made large quantitys of sal vola- tfle oleosum, Tinotura Metallorum, Elixir Proprietatis, & such matters as would serve to put into our Drink. I usd to distribute it with a plentiftil hand to my Tutors Fawcet & Danny, to Mr. Kidman^ who was their Tutor, then Senior Fellow & President, * Charles Kidman, B.D^ became fellow of Oorpne in 16S6, and a celebrated T^rtor. He was for many yean Preaident of the OoUege, and one of the earlieat, if not the fint, to introdaoe ** Locke*a Bsnj on Hnman Underatanding ** into the Univerri^, instead of the old Logic prerionalj need. Chaplain to Dr. T«iBQQ when Bp. of linooln in 1691, but aa a damonr waa raiaed against him 40 OOMMKNTAETB. to Mr. WilliamnY k Baoon acqaainUnco of my Tuton tiDce dead (the two last), & to any of tho I^adt I kept Company withal. At this time Dr. Bentley made a New Chymical Laboratory at Trinity College, & Seign'* Vi^ni directed it, & was chosen Profeaaor of (liymistr)' by the University, & was the first I usd to rtait Dr. Ashenhurst of Trinity, who kept in the C*hambers that had been 8'- Isaac* Newtons. I took particular pleasore in being there wlierc he coni(M>sd his Immortal Principia, liaving a pro- digious veneration for my Illujitrious ( ountryman. lie was bom at Coulstcnu'orth/ near Grantham, in Licolnshire, where he has now an EHtate, &, M^vrral of his Name & Family i^till remaining. Mr. Stebbing of ( atherin Hall, (now Dr. SteUiing,) & I were very intimate Si tryd several Experiments together, as particu- larly that of eva|>orating human urine, according to BeUinia Method. Tliis ChriMmas I,di'signing to take my Batchelor of Physics Degree m*xt year, tlirew off my ragged Sophs Gown, with relations of which I had oflen diverted mr Mo' in the (ountnr, k comniencd Harr\- Soph as its there styled, k took the habit accorriingly. I likrwiM* continued to (lerfect my knowledge of the French Lan;n)a;;o with my old Master Geti^re, Mr. Oliver,* Fellow of our ( ollege, having a friend of hia, (John Bagford,) at work to publish somt'thing of the history of Printing, wanted a I>rawing out of an old book in our MS. Lib- rary so famouji for a fine ( olhvtion of such things. It was a OQ srcoQot of hit I«*tituttinari»n Pnncipln. and of a temoo prsscbtd bclori lb« rnivervitj on " TriTatr Jod^m^nt in Matter* of Relifion.'* ht wm aol rcCai»««l aa Chaplain by tht Dp oo hu promocioa io Cmmterbmrj. hmii vi» pvs* aeottfd hy him in 17lk. Tbc former he rsai|rnsd in favour of ht* nephew in 173V the latter h# held io the time of hia death ia 1740. Bancd in the chvrrhjard of Ihm.^MmsUr't iiui. tf Chr^ . p^ aTT. • f^ iMac N oaly rhiM of laaar N k Hannah dao' o# James kymeim^ td Market Overtoo. w«t bom I»rc. M. IS«}. at Woolethorpe. and vma hapHMd in the Charch uf he John lUpCiet, 1 oU&crworth. oo let JaaJ 1441-1. • Idvvd OUvcr. BD. hccame Bmot oI flc Mary Ahctereh wllh 8L LavTVMt rMBtaey. U»d. la 1711. died 1731 k% SMwcr to «m el his •ermooe vm vntiea by a di«eeaiter. sad was eatltled * k Bowlaad for aa OUvar, or a sharp Behske t? a aswcj Unit, hf a Loe«ff ol Caity." pahUahad la !«•. W. STUKELETy 1720. 41 leaf oat of the oldest printed wooden Cuts in the world, as is sopposd, being the history of our Saviors life with parallel places, St stoiys oat of the old Testament typical thereof. I drew one of th«n oat & it was cat in wood, he gave me one of the im- pressions, & Dr. Clarks Two Volumes of Sermons at Mr. Boyles Lectores for my pains, & the dutch Edition of Grotius de Jure natoTB & Gentium. Mr. Stephen Ghmy, of Canterbury, was now in our Uni- ▼ernty as an Assistant to Mr. Cotes, Professor of Astronomy, for whom they built the Observatory in Trinity College, a very ingenious Man, well versd in Philosophy, Astronomy, Optics, Mechanics Ac., Uncle to Mr. John Qnj'' of our College, my Junior, who studyd Physick, a lad of very good parts & Industry, with whom I was particularly acquainted, since'took his Batche- lor of Physics Degree, & now practises at Canterbury his Native Country. We three usd to smoak many a late pipe together, & try Various Experiments in Philosophy. Since then Mr. Stephen lived with Dr. Desaguliers,* & assistcKl him in his lectures, as in hia E^)eriments before the Boyal Society. Now he lives in the Charter house as one of the Gentleman Pensioners there. He invented the Water Microscope mentiond in the Philosophic tran- sactions ; one whereof I made myself about this time. Jan: following 1707-8 I went down to Holbech, & lodgd at my own house with Mr. Topham. Ashwensday 1708 we dia- seeted old Hoyes. Mr. Sam. Craven, half bro'* to Mr. Smith, the School M'* there, & his Deputy, who was at that time of S^ Jcdms Coll^ne, was my chief Companion* We usd to talk in Latin lo one another the better to prepare us for keeping our exercise at taking our Degrees. Here I resided all the Summer tiD Nov'* 1708. He & I usd to goe a simpling together very finqoently all the Country over. * Jobn Onj, H.D^ aon of HatthiM Qnj, Aldeman of. Cantertraiy ; ■dmittad into Oorpua CoU. in 1706 ; M.B. in 1711 ; H.D. ]781. He practiaed at OiatartNuy with great aoooeM, and died there in 1787, aged 49. * Jean Theophile Deaagolieia, bora at BocheUe, 1S88 ; died 1749. He came to Lcmdon with hia father on the reTocation of the Edict of Nantea. Hafing taken Holj Orden, he, in 170a, aocceeded Dr. Kiel aa Leotoxer on IipcfiflMntal Philoeopby at Oxford, and paUiahed aereral worka. He waa an 4S COMMSNTABtB. I spent this jear in taking oare of tlie Conoerns of mj Estate, in mj stndjSy &, riding about the Coontiy for my bealtl^ direreiony & improTenient I became aoqoaiDted wilb Mr. Joks Hardjy a Presbyterian Paraony who osd lo preach sninetime among our Dissenters. He was one of great Reading k Cbri* ositj, & inflamd my Love for Antiqaitys. I met him bjr Ap» pointment 19 June this year at (*rowland, where we Uy a Nighl on purpose to stun'ey the Koble Remains of the Monastery there of which I took several Drawings, & wrote an Aooount of Memo- randums that I could pick up there about it, k the Bridg, 4 whatever was remarkable. This Montli too I engagd in a famous Dispute by way of letter with Mr. Waring, the school Master of SpaMing, an id* genius Gentleman, about the Mode of the Resnrrectaoii* Dr. Nutton reviewd the papers that passd between us, k was pleaad to approve of my Explication of that Difficult Subject. I nude a great many occasional Excunions this Sonuner into the Neighboring Countrys, chiefly to cooverw with the Pbjr* sicians of any Note k eminence in Practise. At Lynn, bend* Dr. Barker, I was acquainUfd with Dr. Hepburn. At Slamfoitl with Dr. Wilson, who was my Coxen, k Dr. Denham, k Mr. Baguley the Surgeon. At Lincoln I was intimate with Dr. Primrose, Deicended from the Author of that Name, k Or Richicr. At Newark with Dr. Huoton, where too I had aa opportunity of seeing my old Friend Seign'* Vigani who liTod tliere. At Northton I conversd with Dr. Oreeowood, k Dr. Maine. Petcrburgh, Dr. Hill. I saw Dr. Kail toa I a C^urious Socleton of a large Toad, which I found under (liurch Wall, as whiu* as Ivory, k every individual Bone eotiri without seperating the Ligaments, which afterwards in my ab» sence was eaten by the mice. This Summer in a journey to Boston to visit my oM Master Mr. Kelsal, then Vicar, I to^k a Drawing* of the' West cod of the Steeple, w^ I oopyd into a Uttle paper book I have ainoa filld with such Views. I have since compard it with the Origiod k wooderd at its exactness considering I was not above half aa hour in sketching it out I likewise wrote oat the Inseriptiooa • rye WM 4aas Ike foUevlaf |«v, liet^W. a. W. STUKELEY, 1720. 43 on the bells, A designd to take that upon the famons old Clock BeD which I beleive was eqnal to any in England for bulk, but observing it very long, & in very antient Saxon Characters, I <»nitted it for that time, exceedingly to my regrett, for it is now for ever lost They knockt it on peices the week before I went to reside there to cast into new ones, & none had skill or thought to take it out, which I often lamented, It being in all probability a curious peice of Antiquity. Ashwensday 1708. We took up old Hoyes that hangd him idf A was buryed in the highway, & dissected him, & afterwards made a sceleton of his bones, & put them into a fine Glass case with an inscription in Latin. The Country people were strangly alarmd at this unusual Operation, & it was the common topic of discourse among 'em for a long time after. I set it up in my Sonmier house, & all the World came to see the wondrous sight. llr. Maurice Johnson, of Spalding, now of the Inner Temple, a very Learned G^t, & with whom since I have entertaind a great Fr^dship, at that time undertook to satyrise me & my Fellow Operators about it in verse, which I answerd immediately in the Hune way upon first sight of it In April I took a journey into Northamptonsh'- where I ▼iewd the Noble seat of the D. of Montague, Boughton, so &mous for Painting & the fine Gardens & Waterworks. I staid aome time at my Friend Mr. Lucas's at Holywell, where I got acquainted with Dr. Parkyns, a neighboring Physician & learned Oentieman, one of G(ayety & Fire. Mr. Lucas had two sisters who lookd after his Family, k we, being all single, livd very merrily together, & conversd with great Freedom & Innocence. The I^dys had much good sense & humor, & one Morning I got iq> betimes Acompoed a Copy of Verses on the Family of Love, by which title we signalisd our selves, which servd to divert us in oor walks about the neighboring Fields, k occasiond their writ- ing letters to me when at Cambridg afterw. & we kept a friendly eotreqwodence that way. In Dec. 1708 I went again to College, where I prepard my- idf for taking my Degree. I enterd then into Fdlows Com- iDooa. My Questions were in Catamenia pendent a plethora, qpon which I niade a Thesis when I kept my Aot| Monday 24 44 COtOaSTTAMYt. Jan. 1708-9. Oonooctio cibi in rentricnk) non fit per roenttrunm. Mr. Dannj wm mj Fa'* as we call it, k opend the Dispute with a jocnlar speech, according to custom, wherein he expatiated npon roj Dissecting the old Man of Holbech, k the thickness of oar Couotrj Air, complementing me at the same time upon escaping the comon taint of the Vervecum patria, k that we should dispute de Lana Caprina, k much of that sort Toward the latter end I remember this expression Rancq palustres raoeb eUmoribos k pleno ore .£sculapiu expectant suum. Mr. Waller, another Fellow of our College, was mj Prompter as the Method is, he being Devoted to Phjiia The exercise being over I kepi mj Feast where the Professor Dr. Green, k his namesake** the M'* of our College, faTord me with their Company among the Best of the Faculty in the University, k the Professor obserrd lo me the next day that he never was so merry, nor staid so long at any Entertainment before. The Young Oentlemen of the University, who were Students in our Faculty or of my Aoquain* tance, I treated at the same time very plentifully in my own Chamber, k I think I went to bed the soberest of all the com- pany. My Uncle Dodson was present at the whole Solemnity, k brought me up my money to discharge the expence which amounted to above £50, k with him I returud a day or two after to Holbech, bidding a long farewell to my Alma Mater as having no thoughts of furder residence. I had renewed my Baichelor of Pbysicks Degree some days before at the hands of S' [John] Ellis, the Master of Caius College, then Vioe-Chan- oeDor. I staid in the country till June 1709 to regulate my Concerns k receive the Compliments of my Friends k Tenants, k lodgd at that time with Mr. Rix with my Sister. I made an EntfTtatn- meot too at one of my Tenants, the Chequer, a Pnblick hoase, where I invited the Justices, Clergy, k Oentlemeo, all round the country, my Friends, acquaintance, k Dependants, upon which oocaaion we roasted a vast hinder Quarter of an Ox, k boild a huge plum poddin in a Copper, k drank off a bogihead of ale bfwwd on purpoeeL The Ladys I treated with Sweetmeats k Tea bj BockeHafelL si Omwrn, tnm i§m is 171C W. KTUKELET, 1720. 45 I took a drawing of an old Tomb of one of the Litilebiirys'^ Familj in our Chb, which I gave to Mr. Rix. I took a Draught of the Fine Church of Kirkton, in our Country, & some inscrip- tiovia there. In April 1709 I went into Northamptonshire to see mj acquaintance there, particularly Mr. Lucas, where we lived a while, after the same Aree & conversible manner as formerly, in a kind of Monastic communication, nor did our youth launch out beyond any thing agreeable to the strictest of their Orders. Mrs. Ann, the eldest sister, a Lady of great Prudence & Gravity, we calld the Abbess. She is since marryd to Mr. Burk, now my neighbor in King Street, Bloomsbury. Mrs. Martha had some- what of an airy temper, & accompanyd me in several of my Bambles in that Country to view Antiquitys, Roman Camps, & the like. We traveld together like Errant Vertuosos, & when we came to an old mind Castle, &c., we dimbd together thro' every story & staircase, mutually helping one another, & pulling each other over the gaping arches & rugged heaps of rubbish, & when I had occasion to draw a view of them out, as we sat upon a stone or the grass, she held my ink horn or my paper, & was very serviceable & assistant in taking my designs, & all without any reserve or immodesty ; nor could any aged Philosophers have conversd together with more innocent familiarity or less guilt even in thought or intention. Nor could travailing curi- ositj or Antiquarian Researches be rendered so agreeable as with a fidr t witty Companion & Fellow laborer, & when we retumd home my young Disciple could entertain the Family with so very carious Relation of the curiositys we had seen, that it would be difficult to say whether so nice taste in the Remains of Ancient Time most recommended a young Lady, or that Refined study became more lovely & delightful for her sake. She is since marryd to a G(entleman in Wales. The week before Whitsuntide this year 1709 I went to Lon- don,^ t in my way at Cambridge I was seizd with the first fit of the Gout transmitted to me by my Father. It was but slight, " A reoBmbent eflSgy of Sir Hamphr^ littlebiixy, si the wwt end of tlie BOitli alala, f ormerl j si the estt end of the nme. Thii monnment li of the 14th I left Holbedi Aug. e, 1709, sniTd ia Londoa 8th at Btfit— W. & 46 OOlClfXIITABTS. k onlj gave me tooia small oneaniieM for about a week. Mj intantioD in this Joamej was lo finish mj Medicinal Siodja, k prepare mrself for Practise. In order whersio I tbooglit it eoo- venient to see the Method of the Hospitals here, where all sorts of Cases in Phjrsio & Surgerj oocorringy I might perieotlj learn the sjrmptoms A see the Diagnostics bsfore mj ejres, k make such obsenrations open the progress of Diseases, k the treatment of the Physicians upon them, & so fix them in mj Memory as would fnllj qoalifj me for launching out into the Practise of the Plro> fession I had spent so much time k money in studying. Tber^ fore I thought it highly adriseable to put my self under the eye of Dr. Mead,^ then Physician to St Thomas's Hospital, whose Illustrious Character^ as well by his writeings as his snooessful Practise, gare the most pregnant Prognostics of the Dignity k Figure he has since raisd both himself it the Art of Healing to. From my first acquaintance with him the Dr. thro* his innate goodness k sweetness of Temper was pleasd to show me great countenance k faror. 80 I lay at my own Chambers at Staples Inn, k trudgd every morning across the Bridg to the hospital, setting down in a paper book the Names of erery patient as taken in k the prescriptions, k sdlicitously obsenring erery turn k change in the Case, k drawing such Memorandums from thenoe as I thought oouTenient My Countryman Dr. Broxholm*^ was at the Hospital at the same time with Dr. Mead, k Dr. Coleby, who has sanoe been chose one of Dr. Raddiffe trsTeUing Felbws, k Dr. Fulwood, now living at Huntingdon. My old Aoqnaintanoei Dr. Parkyns of Northtonshire, was now in Town too. I nsd lo spend some time with him, k Dr. Balam who had chambers then in Staples Inn the civilian. Tliey too, both people of Gallantry, were a little too volatile for my sedate humor, k I generally Ml *tm together late at night talking of the fiur sex. I fbrmd a weekly meeting of the yoong Physicians k Surgeons (Mr. CbeseUen k Mr. Tho. Forster), wbers we dissected some part or other, k read a Disooune in oar TWns upon any sobjeel we had a Mind. I begun the Meeting with one upon Qeneratioo. W. STUKSLKTy 1720. 47 Anoth^ I read on Feyers, on Tobaooo, on the Forms of Pre- scription. On I treated, according to a custom, Dr. Mead & the Surgeons, at the Kings arms Tavern, St Pauls Church yard. I had always a great fancy for Architecture, & getting acquainted at this time with some of the builders of St Pauls I came to gett some knowledg of the Rules of that Art, which laid A foundation fin: my future consideration of the beautys & pro- portions of the Antient Oreek & Boman Manner, which I per- ceivd was revivd among us. In Feb. 1709-10 I had been 7 months in London under the strictest course of Studys, both Theoretical & Practical, in my Profession, & being heartily tird of London thought of practis- ing in the Countiy, & so was resolvd to retire into the Country. On Munday, that Dr. Sacheverels tiyal commencd, (at Cambric^ 17 Feb. 1709-10) I went down again to Holbech, (lived at Mr. Bixs,) & cast my eyes upon the neighboring Town of Boston, where I had many Relations & acquaintance, & it being near my Estate I thought I could best take cognisance of my afiairs, A pursue the design I had of extricating my self out of debt, & look after the education of my Bro'* & Sister. So on Ladyday 1710 I went thither accompanyed by many of my Friends, to sound the opinion of such as I could find there, & meeting with profes- sions of kindness, & hopes of success, I resolvd to fix my Stan- dard there, to enter upon Practise which I thought would be but gradual & suitable to my very young years. On Mayday follow- ing I went to reside, t begun to come a little into business. I cured several young children of fits, which in a small measure raised me a character. Just in that week Mr. Lynton, a young deigyman of my year in Cambridge came to the Livings of Frieston k Butterwick in that neighborhood. He had marryed Councillor Woods sister, of Coppingthorpe'* near York, who mar- ryd the Daughter of Dr. Nicholson an Eminent Physician in York, Sl widow of Mr. Arthur Ingram of Barrowby near Leeds, whose fiither was Bro'* to the Lord Lrwin, A ownd the Estate of the Priory of Frieston & advowsons of those two livings. Mft#^^tn Wood, & her Family usually, coming down into that Country in 48 couMJorTAMn. Springy fell sick of a Ferer aboat Michfias 1711, k Mn. Ljd* ton, having been aoqoainted with nte, introdnoed me into the Family, & 1 restord her to her health, & waa alwajs outioenid for him & them ever after when anj occasion offerd« 8he being a Lady of great semie, & all other good Qnalitjt, had particiilarlj an extraordinary Genius for Music, which waa transmitted U> her hereditarily, her Fa'* too baring considerable skill herein. She could perform incomparably upon the Harpsichord, k oompoad Lessons frequently, t I baring the honor of bearing ber in mj risits, entcrtaind a Love for that Divine Art whic^ so powerfully affected me, & from one of her worth could not but eogage a duller person than myself. This month of May (1710) I took a Journey to Oxford with several Gentlemen of Boston. I had a slight touch of the Gout there. Dec. 1710 I made a Prologue k Epilogue in lewsa for tha Schoolboys acting. Feb. 1710-1 1. My Bro'* came from Moulton School, k lived with me at Mr. Amals, k designing to be an Apotbeearj he studyd the RudimenU of Pharmacy there. In I pot him out apprentice to Mr. (Vx>per of Northton. June 26, 1711, at SUnford, sister Wm. Stennit We weol thence to Northton, Holywell, Naseby, Uppingham. Abtiraei of my Lifcj for Mr. MiuUr%^ of Bennet CoUege^ Maj/j 1720. William Stokelej, son of John Stnkelej, of the antient fmmiljy lords of Stokelej Magna by Handngton, k Frances, daughter of Robert Bullen,' of the family of Anna Bullen, was bom at Holbech, Lincolnshire, Novemb. 7, 1687. He, from his infancy, had a strong propensity to drawing k designing, which by time & practise he improved to a considerable degree* He was brooght up in the free school at Holbech, then in good repate, under the care of Mr. Edwd. Kelsall, afterward Vicar of Boston. There were 11 lads now in the University from this neighbomrhood, 6 whereof from this schooL He was admitted of Bennet GoUege, 20 November, 1703, and went to reside Ladyday following. Whilst an undergraduate, Mr. Hales* (now ' TliSa lyiognphy was written for Mr. Mssten*! Hittory of the College, and U ineerted In that work In a aoniewhat altered fonn. Bobert Maaten» B.D^ Fellow of the College, and of the Soc of Antiqnariea, Loodoa, wrote a ** History of the College of Corpot Chriiti, and the B. Virgin Maiy, (eowmonly called Bea^), in the UniTenitj of CambrV* whidi wat pab- liabed in 1758, and printed at the UnlTertitj Praia. It was dedicated to Mafthlaa Mawaon« D.D^ fonnerlj Maater of the College, and Biahop of Chi- Chester in 1740, to which tee he had been translated from Llandaff. * Of Weaton, Line. ■ Stqihen Halea, D.D., Sth ton of Thomaa, eldest son of Sir Bobt. Hales, Bart., of Bekeabnme, Kent. His mother was Marj, danr. and Heiress of Ridid« Wood, of Abbota«Laag^j, Herts. He was bom 17 SepL, 1S77 ; admitted a Fensiooer of Corpns, 19 Jone. 1 S96 ; and obtained his Fellowship SS Feb.. 1 702*S ; MJL at the following commencement, and B.D. in 1711. Appointed P.C. of Teddingtoo, Middz^ in 170S. In 171S he was chosen F.B.8., andabontthe same time Tacafed hia College Fellowship bj accepting the Bectcry of Porlock, Bomara., which he exdmaged for that of Farriagdoo. Hants. He married Maiy, dear, and Heivias ef Dr. Henry Newce, of M nch.Hadham, Herts, Beetor cf Hailsham, Bnsssi, Several cf his writings were printed at the reqoest el the Bojal Soeiecj, before whom they had been read. So mnch did he disdngnish himaelf bj hia stadiea and pablicationa, that the Unircnitjof Oiford honoared Um with lbs Diploma cf D.D., SS JuM, 17as. The Boyal Sodelj also thm^ht B 50 AUTOBIOOEAFHT. Dr. of Teddington), tbeo fellow of the Collage, emploTM him to drew a machine be made in the nature of what we aioce call Orrer}'8 : the original drawing he has now bj him« Mr. Tbo. Fawcet,* his tutor, employ 'd bim to draw a leaf or two out of the most antient printed book of Scripture historj in •eulptore, in the College MS. library*, for the use of John Bagford/ who was then writing on tbo origin of the art of ingraring. At that time Stepben Graj, the first eminent propagator of electriettj, often brougbt bis cylindric glass tube to our College^ to Tiait fab nepbew Jobn Graj/ of Canterbury, fellow student in phjaidc witb Stukelej. Before them two Stepben trj'd his electrical experiments then in their infancy. He took frequent herbariztng walks with Mr. Halen, k others, students in medicine^ about the country many miles round (^ambridg, and made great additiooe to Rays (*atalogiis [Plantamm] circa Cantabrig which, with a map of the county, be was much sullicited to print; but bit father dying, whilst be was junior Soph, called him freqoeotlj into the countr}* to take care of his private affaira, k prevented it. lum vmtbj o# Um Oof>i€7 Gold M«U1» Md W VM tlwud by Ikt lojal Aesteaj of Pan* nt%€ oC tbttr rt^bt turttgn mttmbtn. Ht vi» appoiaUd cterk ef tb« clowt to ibt PnooMs o# WaloB. Tb€ B^ ol Oalofd. ia a IxmkSoq Indrnukry. 20 FeK. 1754. dwcnbsd biM batb bc«ti loQf aa Orniiarm Ui bia rrolgiiua aa a CttrgjaMa* aad la bia eoaatry aa a Pbiloaopbcf '*— TmL Mmsi^rw't NtM. tf Orp. CM, CM^ Ckmk^ p. iOS. • Tboaaa ravatti. B.!) . «bo vaa Pvaaidaat ol Iba Oalkc*. ea^ a aaal tacvlWoi Taior. vaa adacai^l aadcr Mr. ^a^^lawi^y%a, la Abfw TaaAaaa*li bcbool. M. Ifaftia'».ia.ib€-ri€kla. Ha vaa Bcdor ol ac Btatf, CMabw liMS i;o: to i:il He «a# prrfrrrr*! to tbc Rrccorr d Moaba Elcicb, asialb, bM dted brforv he Irfi ibc i **\\t^. ano«aaad Talaabia. Ha TW oaf I ol O&iord caplojvd bim la ■afctaf pafcbaaaa 9i Boni la 14*7 . diad la 171C— JMooj /)WC p, 114. • Joba Ofay. M.D. mm ol MaUbiaa Gray, aa AUotimi 9i adsiunl a acbolar ol Corpaa apoa At^ Parbav* faaaiatna. II A#r« ITOSs If a. la 1711 . M II la i:.*l Ht vaa a |waaa ol ctadic la bia vbicb bo practMad aft CaatotUify. iHad 4 k^^ 17S7, aad «M w. 8TUKELET9 1720. 51 Stukelej took his bachelor of phjsics degree 21 Jan., 1707-8 ; studyed anatomy under Mr. Bolfe, surgeon, in chanoery lane ; went lectures of chymistry to Seign'- Vigani in Trinitj College, & in qoeens college cloysters, & tryei many chymical experi- ments, & dissections, injections, &c., in conjunction with (now Dr.) Stebbin, then studying Physick, of Catherin Hall ; and had a chamber allowM him in Coll. He studyed the practical part of physick under Dr. Mead, at S. Tho. hospital, Soutliwark, in 1709; May, 1710, settled to practise at Boston-Manchester, 15 Stanfield ;^ May, 1717, removed to practise in Ormond Street, London ; admitted a fellow of the Boyal Society, by nomination of Dr. Mead, 20 March, 1717-8, by S'* Is. Newton, with whom (on acc^ of being of the same country), he had afterwards a particular friendship. 1 Januan'', 1718, Stukeley was one of tlie founders of the Antiquarian Society,* of which he was secretary for 9 years, whilst he lived in London. He took Dr. of physicks degree 7 July, 1719, at Cambridg ; examined at the College of physicians, London, & admitted a candidate Sep. 30. 1720. Admitted a fellow. This year he published an account of Arthurs Oon,* & the Roman vallum in Scotland, in 4**** His curiosity led him to be initiated into the mysterys of Masonry, suspecting it to be the remains of the mysterys of the antients, when widi diiBcuIty a number sufficient was to be found in all London. After this it became a public fashion not only spred over Brittain & Ireland, but all Europe. March, 1722, ho read the Gulstonian Lecture at the College upon the Spleen, which ho printed in folio, together with the dissection of an elephant, with many copper plates, colored to imitate nature. At this time an hereditary gout, which siez*d him first at the age of 16 (of which his father dyed at the age of 49), grew upon him to such a d^ree, that he was generally laid up of it all the * Whilflt be resided at Botton, be ttronglj reoonmeoded tbe Cbaljbeete WBten of Suuilleld, near Polkingham : and became one of tbe earliest dhoken of them.— Vid. Mmsi^rt's JTut. tf Carp^ p. 882. * f #., a reriver of the Sodetj. * See Letters apon this moniimeot among the Ooffraspondeace. 5i AirrOBIOOftAFHT. winter monihi. Tbu obliged him to ride oo horaebeck ta the Springy for recoTery of his health. B7 thie meeiit be indulged his natunl lore of antiquity t, especially thoee of hit own eoontfy ; the fruit of which was his Itinerarium Corioanm, in folio, witb 100 copper plates, published in 1724. He had contracted friendships with the great Thomas,** Earl of Pembroke, whose antique marbles at Wilton he drew out; witii the learned Heneage, Elart of Winchelsea, k in general with all the virtuosos in London, k with some foreigners." He had a great intimacy with Mr. Roger Gale, went a Umr of half a jrcar^ along with him, all around the south k west of England. la 17S5 he went along w*** him all the north of England, k the whole length of the Roman wall ; drew out and described inniH merable old dtys, roads, altars, Ac, nut yet poUiah'd. But having always a religious turn of mind, k especially loving to go up to the fountain head of things, his chief attention was lo the works of the Druids, whom he pcrceiv*d to be of the aboriginal patriarchal religion. On this ace*- he spent e^'erjr year, a motitli or two, at Abury, k at Ambresbury, in Wilts, and by iamnner* able drawings k measurements nude himself master of the natnrt of their two great temples of Stonebenge k Abury, with many leaser. Ijord Hertford inxited him to MaHborough. In 1726 he was Censor of the ( ollege of physicians, k of the CVnumQ of the Royal Society by S' Isaac Ni*wtons destination ; 4 ooe of the Committee of the Ro\*al Soctctv to examin into the oooditioQ of tlie instruments at the Royal Ubaervstory, Greenwidi, then under the care of Dr. Hallev. In June that year, to the wcmder k regret of all his aoquaia* tance, he retired to Gmntluun in LincolniJitre. On taking leave Barl ol P^mbrokr, ^mttkm&d ite IcmI Isjws4 oI Uri Af«a4tl*i €0l1«tio« ol euisM. ptimdkp^lf bwto. To tkoat bo aidod oMsy o# tks Oio0Uoioo ■srblw. sod o# Uo Ummnm oollcctkHi. lo 1711 tUtk^ Coor^fle poUtoko4 o Dooertpuoo ol ilM^ oo4 lo KUibiovort vMffo^vtMotfffor Josci Eoaoodf. ol mhktk Mooffol odItMoo oflorvordo lypMiil bot tWj ofo aoi vote* Mf 'f Amw^mn #/fAv AHt §f MafUmd, ISOO. ^ fS4. » Dr HoiforoUM . Mr Eoyolor ; oo4 tW Imnni Miistiiiiii ooeM ol aio aoMfoo (MM buo 1^ Abf. Woko)telMo -AotH«i|f W. STUKELEY. 172(». 53 of S'* Isaac Newton, 1 Apr., then in lodgings at Kensington, where he spent a whole day with him alone, S'* Isaac directed him to inquire about a convenient house to be purchased for him in Orantham, for he had thoughts of ending his days there, near his native town, but his death soon after prevented it However, Stukeley, by living in Grantham, had an opportunity of collect- ing the memoirs of S'* Isaacs family, & the early part of his life (for he was brought up at Grantham school). These memoirs he sent up to Mr. Conduit, who propos'd publishing his life. The papers fell into the hands of Lord Lymington, who marryed Mr. Conduit's daughter. In 1728 Stukeley marryed a gentlewoman of family & fortune in that neighborhood, Frances, daughter of Robert Williamson, of AUington, gentleman. He was employM by all the noble & other familys around that country in the practise of physic, but he entertained thoughts of entering into holy orders. Archbp. Wake, to whom he was well known, encouragM him in it, & ordainM him at Croydon, 20 July, 1729. In October that year Lord Chancellor King presented him to All Saints Living in Stamford, with S. Peters annexM. On November 8, Bp. Reynolds,'* of Linoolni ordaining him priest, ofTerM him the Living of Holbech, his native town, then vacant, which he refusM. He likewise was offered another living that year, by the prut ESarl of Winchelsea. Feb., 1730, he removed to Stamford, & took upon himself the parochial Cure. That year Dr. Rogerii, a parishioner, invented his Oleum Arthriticum, when he had used it upon himself & many others, with admirable success. Dr. Stukeley was induced to do the like with equal advantige, & it saved his joints Ry this t other proper regimen he recovered his limbs t health to a surprizing degree. A, has ever since enjoyM a firm state of health, beyond any example in the like circumstance. In Januan', 1732*3, he publisird an account of the success from these oyls esctemally apply*d in innumerable instances, in a letter to S'* Hans Sloan ; k the year after he publishM a regular treatise of the cause & cure of tlie gout, from a new rationale, " Ricluund Rajnoldi, who pennittcd the Dean and Chapter to pun down Um rvfiM of the Palaea, and to oas the ftooe for the repain of the Cstliodnd. M AUTOBIOORAPRT. which ptitM thro* two editions of 1000 each in n% baridet an abctnot of the work, of like n^ to three editions, k m Terjr neel edition of the larger work at Dnblin, 1 735. Here he learnt, from Mr. Archdeaoon Camberiand, thai the Bishop/' his predecesftor, whilst at Stamford, made an Orrerr, which after his death the grandchildren used to play withal, till broken in pieces. The Bp. was likpwine rery diligent in making a meridian line upon the wall of Browns hospital, which is slill risible, &, Dr. Stukelev has now in his possession a dock invented A made by Bp. Cumberland, for astronomical uses, containing hours, minuter, k secoiuiH, with only three wheels, whicfa is reckon 'd by tlie arti^^ts that way a great curiosity. The Bp. was the inventor of the long |)endulum, k found oat tbe way of adjusting it, by a screw at the top, whereby it may be leogtbened or short ned without stopping its motion. S. Marys Living in Stamford, being vacant. Lord Chaooellor Hsnlwick offered it to the Dr., but he refused it. A corioiia silver plate of Human worknian»hip was found in Rtsley park, Darbyshire. It was in tlie |>«issession of Exsuprriits, whom we call S. Swithin, bi^liop of [Touloute] who lived about [the year 206] ho gave it to tlie church of lh>ugois m France. Tbe Dr. got it ingraved by G. Vandergiicht, k printed an explanation of it, k trac«*d tito journey of it from thai church hither. Tie addressed to Ili>gi*r (rale. In 1734) he publif»hed hit Pahrographia Sacra, in quarto, N^ 1, dedicated to S' Itichard EllynJ* Barr" , from wbon he bad receivcil favors, ll wa« to »Ih»w a •periiiim how heatbeo OBytbo* log^' is derivftl from •acn*BioeEAPST. largely tbe whole qotition of the true jeer A day of o«r Baviovt birth, hit whole life k minittrjj to as to oompile an exaci harmooy of the GospeUy k the fasti €9a»gMei as he ttjlee it, in the way of a kalendar, k tie illoitrated by the coyna k nedala k inecriplioQa of antiquity. Herein we may aaaign rery many partienlar dajra of the month, week, k ytmt^ whereon the trantactiooa of o«r Sariourt life happen 'd, in a more precaae manner than baa been done. Beside those works mentiond in the preface to Slooebemfa, be has found out means, from heathen mytlioiof^r, k motmmeols of antiquity, to recover tbi* effi^pes of Tery many of the patriareha mention *d in Sacred writ, which he baa drawn out in OHUiy separate volumes. He has trac'd the ori/i^n of Aalrooomy finom the first ages of the world. He has tnic*d the origin of Architeetore, with OMUiy designs of the mosaic tabernacle ; the temple of Solooion ; the breastplate of Anron ; the manner of the incampmeet of fhm Israelites ; the origin of the celestial eonstsilatiooe ; iIm natare of the Hebrew Sliecbinah ; k an infinity ot' saorsd aataqoitjra deduc*d from proofs not hitherto obeerv*d« tqgetber with wmay other tracts k diACountes too trdious to be reeapitalaied ; an immense quantity of drawings having a reUgioss rcgatd, €.f^ above 4(K) views of places in the holy land, relating to snerad hisCory, with very many more of like natnrsL The artifice of booknellers diecorages authors from rsapiag Uw fruit of their laboim, nevertheless be porposee to print ike beak of Richsrd of Westm', mhich is an extraofdinanr enriositv. 4 givee more light into the history of Brittain than all the hooka hitherto published. He has lUO copper plates ready ingtaten^ 4 with ooim k observations will render it a second Vohone of the Itinerarium Cnriosuas. Diary, Feb. 1720. Mons'- GhronoviuB Son to the famous Critic in Town. Apr. 11. I bought South Sea Stock with Mr. Wood. Apr. 18. At the Lincolnsh'* Feast, Ship Tavern, Temple barr. pres^ Sir Is. Newton. Upon my mentioning to him the rehearsal of the Opera to night (Rhadamisto)' he said he never was at more than one Opera. The first Act he heard with pleasure, the 2^ stretch*d his patience, at the 3^ he ran away. Bumper q. d. Bon pere. Apr. 21. With L^ Harley* in his Library, Dover Street Apr. 25. I presented my profile to Mr. Wood. 28 May. The Kings Birthday. I reed from Mr. Wood £350, my share of the profit of our South Sea contract. 30 May. Mr. Bird took off my face in plaistcr of Paris. 2 June. Surprizeing scene in Change Alley. S. Sea in the morning above 900, in the evening 700 p O, it has rose 100 p ' In S Acta, bj HandeL It wai reheaned for the ftnt time on the 17th of April, and was the ftnt of the Operas oonipoeed for the new Opera Honee, *'The Bojal Aoftdemj of Maiie,** C#. Hajmarket Theatre. The Text wai written bgr Nioola Hajm. On ito appearance it lecdTed the meet extravagant applaoae. The air, "Ombva Cam,** Handel oomddered one of the ftneet he erer made. The Open wai dedicated to George I. The Pogt B^f of 9 JqIt, 1710, adTer* tiaed the copper-plate engraring of Radamiatoa, hj Richd. Mearet, macical inetmment maker and mneic printer at the Golden Viol ; and on let Deer, in the Mune jear another advertiaement announced that on the ISth ineu the Opera woald be pnbUehed, consiating of 134 large folio copper-platea. A third advartiaemeat bgr Mearea in the PMt B^^^ IS Mar., 1721» informed the pnblic that Handel had compoeed aereral additional aonga, which woold appear in thia edition : end that each »***■*«■»■ aa had alraadv nardiaaad the nteviaBa aditioa, woald neriva the additioMd aeafi (41 pagaa) gtatii.- 8ea SokmM^$ Lff0 ^ MtmM IIW7) ^ U. * Bobert Hartej, Sari af Osfotd, bora in Loadoa 16SI, died ia 17M. A grant patron of literatara, and collector of literary treaanrea. Hia eillaatka af MSa. waa parehaaed for the Britiah Maaeaaa. Ha waa impeached te traaaen bf ite Whig party ia 1711, aoaftnad in the T^mrn^ aad ralwaid at iba ead af V IML ^ CWaapeal ^S«y^ Sad adil^ ^ 4Si^ 00 DiAicr. diem for S or 3 wlSisi o# tb« CoMcU sa ibe «< Qmsb Asm ; aiMiMd ffo* ««at to 17ia la ITat be bacMM leriof WlMb«U«k to virtM ol bi« dcoetot ffo* lltesbslK ^mt. saa bmi ef Sir TWmm Bsssh^ m4 vtto o# Mr Mojto riasb. bis gieat gtmMmkm. Wh nfkj «• W^kSM oa lbs Trialty ibiitosi tbe Ibaabs ef tbe OaiiniHi eC Osta< and •# lbs jiibsp saa CWiu ef f laiis Be atoi to II »*• XMii^ ^ TTa. • WUItoB atoiOsT. D.D^ Msssiasa Dr. ajpNaasr to Iks w. tnruKXLKT, 1720. 61 Aug. 9* S'* Is. Nevrton went to Oxford with Dr. Kiel/ he having not beeu there before. In Lincohishire. S^t 23, 1720. S. Sea fallen from 1000 to 400. The world in the utmost distraction — thousands of familjs ruin*d. I was with S'* John Yanbrugh.* Sept 30. I was admitted Fellow of the College of Physicians. S. Sea last night under 100 now risen to 310. Oct. 5. A young Elephant in Town dying S'* Hans Sloan bought it for us to dissect Oct 10. Dr. Mead & I visited Mr. S^ Andr6 to see his fine preparations in Anatomy which are beyond comparison. the age of 16. In 16C9 he wm elected to m Fellowihip of Corpat ; wm eaimte to Dr. Ooodman, at Mach Hadbam, Herta., where he became known to the Earl of Ea««x, who made him hit chaplain, and presented him to the Rectory of Bajna Panra, Emcz, in 1681. This he gare np for 8. Mary Magd., in Old Fish Street. London, in 1682, and in 1690, upon the death of Dr. Goodman, was appointed to the Rectory of Mach Hadham. In 1684 he waa preferred to the Pkebend of Caddington, in the Cathedral of 8. Paul ; in 1689 to the Arch* deaoonry of London ; and in 1706, to the Deanery of St. Anaph. Before this time he had received the appointment of Chaplain to the Prinoeaa of Orange, and aabeeqaently Clerk of the Cloaet to her when Qaeen. Dr. Stanley, in 1722, made and printed at hit own ezpenae, a Catalogue of the Taloable MSS. in Corpoa Library. Daring hit Maatenhip the College Cummnnion Plate was •loleii, and be generooaly pieaented the 8ilfer*gilt Plate which had belonged lo Qoeen Mary*t private chapel, and which abe bad given to him. He died ia 1781t at the age of 84, and was boried in St. Paart Cathedral.— Jf«j(nv*« BuL * John Keill. bom at Edinburgh, 1671 ; died 1721. Entered Balliol OolL, Oxford, and ia la^d to have been the flrat who taught Sir L Kewton*a prindplea by ezperimenta. In 1698 he publiabed an ** Examination of Dr. Baraet*t Theory el the Earth,** to which he tabjoined **Bemarkt on Whiaton*t Theory.** In 1699 he waa appointed deputy profeaaor of KaL PhiloM>phy. In 1708 he defended Newton*a claim to the invention of fluxiooa. In 1710 he waa cboean Saviliaa ProfeMor of Astronomy at Oxford. In 1714 the Unlverrity conferred en bim tlie degree of M.D. In 1716 be publiabed an edition of *- Commandine'a EucUd.**— See SfH^m's Diet., p. 688. * Sir John Vanbrugb. bom 1666 ; died ia London, 1726. He waa a cele* Ijfated Bngliak dramatic writer and arehiteet. Hia oomediea were **Tbe Provoked Wife **; ** The Confederal**; and** The Bdapee, or Virtue ia Danger.** For eome time be waa Clarendeux King-of«Arma ; and Surveyor of Greenwich Hoapital ia 1716. He waa alao Coonptroller-geaeral of Worka, mad Surveyor of tbe Koyal Oardena. Hit prindpal oonatradioa ia Blenbeim.--See BmUm^ p. 1019. llins, (*apt Rowe who made the famous diving Engine. The Directors late paramount, now dcspoiFd 4c Mr. Kemps antiquit3rs sold. Jan. 26. Mr. Le Neve Nonroy k I tack some tranaeripciooa out of Domeaday booL • nu to probttMf tkt bUck teislt autw •# HtkHMcte (?>, m iMom sf klfli ntX kMsUaff sad hoidkm§ htimm kla • psitAlito ilwtM te vkidi Is * niiilist afwt •# OsArto. It to AppMviKlf o# cIm agv of iIm fSili Djbmij, er Abo«t Um 7tk €t«t«r7 SjC. Tbc htmd mmd UmtfL srt aodct «. mmd hmwt keaa muni m ikom ol tkt foddtm lito. iMUntf •# bsisf wbU9 Is iIm b«s4.«ltlie ol s iwmmkman s# thm 4y— iij •bof ■wti— d. A, Om^am km wf istsd li te IMS **Ba^ tovwdft csptomiaf Um Htortft m Um ObAs «f m bslMiCiaC lo Gspc W. UUmvUmt. Lond^ 1717.** It ptob^blj cm» ** 8m auksWy't Cmbsms-pUm Book. viMft H to m*4 tiMt tW ytodtd to «M Mr. Kichowtooo. JoootlMyi IticlMrilano vm Uv« oboot 1< —dated to Loodoa la ITU. Hs woo owniiiir id s good ^ortfott yoiotir. Hs oFfoit llM * TWorj ol rolocioff .** oM * Ao Imoj spo« tW Aft o# It ffololos to poloUoc.**-Kot Mftf0m, p SAS. •• WUHmo aoitor, otplitwol KicWrd tostrr tlis eslthroloi Am. la ICSO; disd I7A Ho la tiM dsMlBi, sad wm ty^ioiod MmM o# tte Mi ■o pobltakod m Latio Owsf la lATf : aa la laas : oa BdM. ol Hotaat la Kie ; oad s DioL ol BntMli la lilt. ItoOliiniyelBiiBiis Aat^a. wsspnaMdla liaSw^Tdd^ Mstii^li ^ ^111. W. 8TUKBLKT, 1720. 68 Mr. Hotfkin8 new invented Machine for raising water by f Feb. 4. 8^' Godfr. Kn. sketchd my profile on paper. Feb. 13. S'' Is. Newton presented me with the new Edition of his optics. We disoonrsM abont mnscnlar motion. Feb. 17. The fine featherwork bed made by Edm. Cany. L^ Stanhope'' buryd in great state. Feb. 20, 1720-1. The Lincohishire Nobility & Gentry din*d at Pontacks. I was with them. Feb. 23. Dr. Halley & I breakfasted at 8'* Is. Newtons. 8'* Is. mentiond the poverty of the materials he had for making his Tbeoiy of the moons motion ; that Mr. Flamsted'' would oommonicate none of his observations to him. 8'' Is. came to London, 1696. Halley mentiond a Calumny Flamstead raisd ag^ him for stealing 110 stars from him, & that Dr. Hare answerd that if it was true he knew of no law whereby to punish him for it 8'* Is. showd us the famous glass of Mr. Hngens,'^ 170 foot radius, which he had lately bought Mar. 10. I waited on 8'- Chr. Wren. The latter end of this month cold weather coming suddenly upon two or 3 days of excessive hot I was visited, afler two " Jamet Stanhope, fint Bmrl, born 1673; died ia London, 1731. Highlj difdagniabed ss m military roan, eipeciallj at the dege of Namor in 1S9S ; at tkt MCge of Barcelona in 1705 ; and at Port Mahon, which be oapcniedin 170S. He WBt appointed Secretary of State bj George I. ; Ambaaiador to Vienna in 1714 ; Fine Lord of the Tteasnry, and Chanoellor of the Bzcheqner in 1717, wkieb be reliaqaitbed on b^ng created a Peer. — See BeeUiL, p. 97a. " Bomat Derby in 164S; died 1719. In 1669 be ealcabOed an edipee of the ran, which was to happen in the following year. Entered Jerat College, Cambridge. In 1674 he was appointed Astronomer Boyal, in which year he took Holy Orders. In 1675 the Koyal Greenwich Obserratory was commenced, and was called Flamstced Honse. It is said that Newton was indebted to bit lumr obeerrations for the means of carrying ont and Terifying bis discoTCiy of graTitation.— See Bretom, p. 402. '* Cbrittiaa Hnygens (son of Constantino H.« lord of Zoylicbem and Secva- taiy to the Prince of OrangeX was bom ia 1SS9; died 1S95. He was an Miintnt ■afhemitirisn, and pnblisbed, among other works* a treatise on Hcio- logy, ia which be described a newly invented pendalnm. In 1666 be gave an aeoout of bis disoorery of a satellite of Satam. Fellow of the R. a in 1661, and aflvwards a member of the Academy of Sciences, Paris. His **Ooemo- tbeofos» or IVeatise on the Plurality of Worlds,** was printed in 1696.— See ^6ss. 64 DIAJIT. jreart inUnniition, with the Goat, Ac [Hw Dr. qwaki of Um rotnodiot bo iitodj. Maj 26. I/- Pembroke gmvo mo tbo dimeniiofM of aooio Oreek Templet in Sicilj. He gmvo me Vilmriiit^ bj Jonta. June 5. I went to tee the Silk mmnufiictiire at Cbebqr. June IG. We diod at Oreenwicb with Jooea, Kirikall^ Highmor,** Ac Viaitod Dr. HaUey, Hare. June 24. Tlie Masons had a dinner at Sutiociert HaO, present, Doke of Montagoe, L^ Herbert, L^ Scanhope, S** And. Fountain,'^ Ac Dr. Deta^ien pronounced an oration. Tbo O^ M' Mr. Pain produc*d an oM MS. of the Cooftitatiooa** which be got in the Weat of Enghmd, 500 yean oM. He road over a new actt of articles lo be obterr'd. Tbo Doko of Montague cboae 0^ M'- next jrear. Dr. Beal, Deputj. July 15, 1721. At Holboch, John Butior mj tenant told me he dreamed Home time before, he saw Sam. Ho wet riding down Holbech Steeple ; the morning after came news of Howola taken ill, of which Mcknca^ be dy*d. Botlrr was taken ill tbaa day, A 1 conjectunl it would [be] fatal, which proT*d tmc A new weathercock nett upon Holbech Steeple. JuW 16. Went to \'tait L^ Pembroke, be made me a of bit picture by Wiaten,'* Diadplc of 8' Peter LoUy. ViuvviM follio TitffviriMi a AbiMK U ac H« «M gmJif m/kmtmi kf J«I«m ku TrtMlM om AfdiiiactM* it tWi ml aAiiilir. Uifiki* Tff—ilHi—^ •n, C-lallX ^HU tMm ^ Uigo Jcmm ; aoaOvOl'iL- p. IOCS. ItH : aiH litu. H« «M ekoMS mm ol Um fiiiliMWi ol tW B«jal M ito ffo«iid*tlom.— UN Bftfmm. fw UA, •* 8ir A. foMUftM. bum at KArfwd, XotMk : mi4 aiail ITSa. r H« ••dt A •olltcilM ol Mitigo^ m4 eartiiitii B« 4few ite fef tW wlfiMl lUwmiioM «• a«mt * M» •! A T^^** Ka%klei|f • A aafiy •# Um ifvl aad ImI p^« •# tlite Ma. !• tai mm •# €l Dffmwteft \m %km pammmkm •# Um lev. H. f. ti. teat. Maffila*^ W. STUKELEY, 1720. 65 18 July. Mr. Grer. V. gucht & I went to S*' Albans where I finishM my drawing of the place.** At More park. 20 July. Mr. S'* Andre & I dissected Mr. Roberts's Tortoise. This summer I went a 3 months Journey with Mr. Roger Gale into the West Came home the middle of Octo. 21 March, 1719-20 I was present at College at the revisal of the Pharmacopasia. Nov. 30, 1721. Dr. Halley resigning his Place as Secretary to the Royal Society, I was sollicited by a great many members to stand Candidate to succeed him, but The President, Halley, Dr. Mead, & the whole Mathematical Party opposd me. I had 27 voices, & 13 who had promised me did not appear, & thro' the great diligence of the contrary side & Indolence of my Friends, a great many that were brought thither only by my Interest were induced to vote against me: whereby we were outnumbered to the vast satisfaction & rejoycing of our opponents. Nee tam Turpo fuit vinci quam contendisse decorum. 13 Deccmb. Went to sec Governor Yales sale of his Collection. Din'd with Count Marsigli,*' Founder of the University of Bolognia, & a great antiquar}% at S^' Hans Sloan.«, who showd us all hiH prodigious Cabinet, with us Dr. Steigerthal, Dr. Sherard, Mr. Le Neve Norroy & Mr. Roger Gale. 14 Dec. L*"' Pembroke \nsited me to sec the Drawings of Sionhengc, Abuiy. 20 Dec. Feast at College. Tessier, Real, Dod, & Self, Stewards. * SeTen pen-and-ink sketches of different iiortions. external and internal, of the church, are in one of Stokelej's Volames of Drawings in the poasesiion of the Bev. H. F. St. John. " Count Louis Ferdinand Mamigli, an Italian Xataralist. was bom at Bologna in 163% ; died 1730. Served in the Imperial armj, and in 1683 wai taken prisoner bj the Tartars, who sold hira to the Turks. After his release he brcaoM a general, but was dismissed the service on the surrender of Brisach bj the Count d'Arco to the Duke of Burpindj. He then retired to his native town, where he formed a museum, and erected a printini; office. He founded the Academy of Arts and sciences there. He became a member of the Academ/ of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the R. S., and was the author of f«veral important works.— See Bert^m, p. 6U2. F 66 DIART. S7 Dec. We met at the FaanUio Tt. Stnnd A bj of Grand M'- present, Dr. Beal oonstitoted a new Lodge thm9f where I waa choae M'- 14 Jan., 1721-2. At a qu'ly Meeting where Bro' Topping repeated 30 incoherent words either forwards or backwards er by stops after once liearing them. He is a M'* of meoKny 4 can doe the like to a very much larger extent. 12 Feb. 1 dissected k drew out the muscles from a prepare ing Body at the College. S Mar. EtchM the pUte of CroyUnd bridge.** 1721-2. March 14, 15, 16. I read my Lecture at College upon the Spleen. Blarch 17. 1 etrhcd Holbech Cross. March 20. 1 drew the Ground plot of Carlisle k Cbcalar Cathedrals for Mr. Bruwn Willin. March 25. 1 etcluHl CoUu*rworth Church. May 18, 1722. Mr. Dav. Jones k I went to see oU Mr. Baxt'* ; among many curious Remarks of Antiquity, he ga^-^ at this translation of ill5w>pf» fa)>le, which he made once in walkii^y as a jest upon the danger of the church people. In ^Iflopi iittiAfli. Veaa cmUuimi c«m ▼cll«l iioiiA tetHM N«c poMtt iaU tndiur ma dolo AStmr ftkfli oof»*io mm^mmt immtitm Ea |ac«t in — dio Mm t«A cws iboo Dcrt^t b«< gXmndtm diftUa fvrtsw favills Et daaiat lle« Me« umis n4et aasi. May 23. 1 dinM at Siir;;i*«>nii Hall at the Anatomic Lectora. Mav 25. Met Duk** ol Qurn%lioro, I»rd Dunbarton, Hinchm* broke, 4ur., at Fount. T«t\ . I^id;*. to consider €)( Feast on S* Johaa. * Tbc mMrkabto ^inaAO^*'" ^f^df% mmtu4 htuwmm A.n. I: IS3H). at ihf point whm two •trraai*. cm froai thm Wellaad* Ua otiicr twvm the NcM. aaiird and aowd pmM, tlir mhkmj prattacU. Etaf E4«r |T , w^m taf Ua ablKA of C>ojlaannfav. AD 1«C9 lu pmcrraiiaa la prakaMj Maanc« Jobaaoa. for la tKc Itia Car Ikakcky adda a aaia thtH ** brtaf tW mfmmrd of tlir Ik»*«w t^f Croylaad. caaifl tW Cfwa ^i %km «a W •«« parad antli ftofic to aa^ it ffO« rvia "^aaa Mfy. Jwt^ l^eiatas aA LMMaia. aw. III., p^ W. STUK£LET, 1720. 67 Jan. 2. With Mr. FUtcroft I went to survey the new buOd- ing of the Dormitory of Westm'* School. Thence to the top of the Scaffolding of the N. Isle of the Abby, & E. H. VII Chappel. We saw the vault, where 0. Cromwell was buryed, then openM. May 28. I went to see the Camp drawn out on the Kings birthday. They made 3 running fires the whole length which was very fine. Jun. I went to see the K. review the troops. At night B^' Hans Sloan, Mr. Rog. Gale, Mr. Warkhouse, I^Ir. Ja. Hill, & Doct'* Danny, made me a visit Jun. 14. The young Princesses dinM with S'* Hans Sloan. I breakfasted at Dr. Meads with the Duke of Sax Grothas Librarian. Jun. 19. I view'd Dr. Woodwards'* Musaeum. July 2, 1722. I show'd Mr. Baxter my Supplement to the Pentingerian Tables. July 6. I drew the Gate of the Watling street next the Thames over ag** Stangate Fern-, Wcstm'* I observM the Thmcheon was stole out of the hand of the fine Statue of K. Ja. II before the banqnctting house. Sometime before they had stole one side of the Iron rails. July 11. I sat to Mr. Marchand cutting my Profile in basso relievo in Ivory. July 19. Mr. Ger. Vandergucht, Mr. Pine, & I, went upon 8^ Pauls, & were afterwards in the New River Pond, which is cleaned from the mud the first time since S'* Hugh Middletons^ days. * Jolin Woodward, an eminent Phyiidan, born in Derbjihire in 1665 ; died in London in IHH, In 1692 he beaune Profeeeor of PhTtic at Greaham College. In IC95 Abp. TcniMm conferred on him the degree of M.D. He foonded the ProfeMor»hi|> of Geology at Cambridge in 1727 ; and bequeathed to the llonenm a collection of Englinh foMiIn. The foreign fonaiU were added afterwarda bj porchaae from Woodward's heim. — See JStrt^m, p. 1103. ** 8ir Hugh lliddleton died about 1C40. He was a London goldsmith, who, cbicllj at his own cost, supplied London with pnre water, selecting the Chad- weU and Amwell springs at Ware, and forming what is known as the ** New Biver.** In acknowledgment of his serrices be was created a Baronet in 162 I, p. 715. % 68 DUBT. Sept 17. I waited on the Bp. of Deny. Nor. 3. The Earl of Wtncbebea did me the honor of a The Duke of Wbartoo* k U- Dalkeith ristted oar Lodg. al the Fountain. Nor. 7. Order of the Book instituted. I din*d with Dr. Lockyer &c at the Chaplains table 8^ JamesV D*ec. 20. L'* WinchclAea ;^ve me a peioe of the SCooaa of Kits Cotj House k a great fossil Ojster shell from aboai Maid- ston. They find such in cleaving blocks of stone thereaboota. We went togetlier to lec S** Martins new Ch^^ His Lordah^ bought a couple of Roman bricks found there. Dec 28. I dinM with L^ HertfocxI introduced by lA Winchelsea. I made them both If embers of the Order of IIm Book or Roman Kni;;hthood. I saw a rery great pearl al tW Glass blowers, black lyon orer against Beanford boiUmga Strand, it was in an oyster shell, as big as a pigooos egg b«i tuberculous. Jan. 4, 1722-3. L^ Wincbebea k L^ Hartford booor*d mm with a ritit Jan. 24. Mr. Gordon gare me a risit; he sings al tW Opera;'' he has bet^n to view Arthun Ood k the Aotiqnitjt thereabout! ; be told me wlion at Capoa with S'* Geo. Bjnjf^ they sar*d the fim* Amphitheatre there, the 3rd in the worlds * Philliis Dvkc ol Wharuw (aos ol 10 icm i %nd dica IB SpBis la 17J1. Hs vm ol a Taiwi»tHBf cbAHM^r. mmI !• de|Hcird by UofWf^ ^4 r. Amtfkts UmJ., Vol V . |». ISa. " N«kcUj bM tCHMk bte |ca tbrcMifb * Mr. Ootdoa** m4 *bt the 0|«rm.** * Gfocf* BjM. 'V'laeDMt Tomaftoa. bom ia ISSS. 4M im. Be 10 ibr Smwj m4 m I7M. «m cw— ador.ja^cbiof te lbs MUllMiasfi. h€ (IrfMirU lb* hfiMi*b Sivt otf M€t:f Ib 1721 bt wm tUmi la Iba ^Hi^st •>.il ftlurwartU ftftfioiAirtl Fine LofU ul tba A4fliiffattf . He wat Iba lalbsr el \l»€ •nf*irf«nat« bat brav* \«laiiral J«tbn !!/«§. vba wimm4m94 la ba ibal la 1717.^?^ JftH^, PL jn7. a W. STUKELET, 1720. 69 which the (}ermaii8 were going to poll down to repair the fortifi- cadonsy by speaking to the Grovernor & Vice Roy at Naples. Mar. 14. After some vellications & preludes the Grout seiz'd upon my right foot in the bones of the Tarsus. I let blood & found it very much inflamM, & laid a Caustic upon the part, drinking much water & sugar & juice of lemon, fasting, & taking aloes every day. I made a crucial incision & causM an issue where the Caustic was laid. L^* Pembroke honorM me with a yisit to invite me to come to draw his famous Diana'' of the Ephesians new come home, a piece of most admirable Antiquity. He has now the three oldest Statues in the World, the Isis, the Jupiter Ammon*^ sett up in Thrace by Sesostris, & this Diana. He told me he had seen a body of a man petrifyM entirely by lying in a Spring in Italy which runs into the T^ber, it was in the Villa Pamfilia mention'd in Lassels. When the Spanish Embassador was present his Ldship saw an arm of it broke off for the Embassadors satisfaction & the bone was very visible the flesh petrify^d. My Lord broke off the end of a thumb & gave it to Mr. Charlton whose Collection came to S*^' H. Sloan. When I arose in the morning I found a slight touch as a pre- lude of the Qout in my great Toe of the left foot where it had been most frequently. But at night it went off, Fryday night or rather Saturday following, tho* I went ven* well to bed. About two a clock in the morning I wak*d with pain in my right instep where it never had been before, yet I walkM about that day, next morning Sunday at the same hour It renewM the attack in the same place with greater violence. When I gott up * The Bpbetian DUoa. The bodj of white marble, the extremities iMlored in black marble, the right arm nearly to the thoalder, the left from bdow tlie elbow, and both legi from below the kneet, restored.— ^Vyfri en the KiAm Hmu9 Seuiftures, hp C, T. Xenrtan, ytJL,, SalishMty IW. 0/ ArciUtol. /air., p. S69. * lliia tUtoey with a ram on hit thoalderB, it caUed Jopiter, bat ii rather that of Hermea Kriopboroa. It it an ancient imitation of an archaic ttatoe I ■otft piobablj a eopj of the atatne bj Calamity dctcribed hj Pantaniat IX.. 2*^, aa oiaUag in bia time at Taaagra. Calamit wat a contemporary ef Phidiat, aad aowriabod BX. 440. Tbia atatae ia engraved bj Kennedy, who callt it iapiler, and aaja that it came from Thrace.— »ee C T. Newtpm^i Seulftmrtt ef VUfM Bmm^ te Aftolwry IW. H Arehm^L luM^ p. 209. 70 DIAKY. I ordered xriox. of blood to bo Ukon awmj A took m good band- tome doM of alo« loU ai I bad done the daj before. I likewiao orderM a Canstio to bo Uud opoo ibe part bat it pror'd not atroiif eootigh k tcaroe made an etcar, however we dirided it bj a etom tection. Sunday nigbt I was in pain again, but on Muodaj the swelling was abated k pain gone. Mundar night I took an opiate draught so that I slept perfectly well k found no pain ; but on tuosday morning the Surgeon took a fancy to lay on a soap plaster upon the wound which pain*d me all day k nigbt k raised the inflammation higher so that it went to the Ust joint of the great toe of the right foot, pavMng by the great joynt, ita former rendexrous, which was now encompafts*d with it on both sides. The Swelling rose to a high degree eren from too to ancle, then I left off doing any thing at it, eat k drank flesh k wine, lay in bed two days. L^ Penbroke told me be had heard Dr. Tho. Millingtoo say that be was chamberfelk>w with Dr. Sydenham^ at Cambridg, that the latter was idle k never study *d, but went into tbe army having an Uncle there in a considerable |kx4 ; but in 3 years time be grew tir*d of that k took a renolution to study Phyaidu By this time be had entirely forgot hi* the ^InAr stadium as the other till they were rrduc*d to an ei|uality k with M|ual pace by dej came to their (brmer slate which was* not iierfectly dooe in than 6 weeks. I was in a oonsideralilt* fever all the tioM, drought, my urioe very high oolorM 4 thick, to that I conjerturt liaMl fliTsictM. bom leH ; AM te l«if . Is IMt to ■alfii Msfdslsa BaII Osfot^ hm Ml wW« Ito tHj fninmti for CWHw L Re wtm^iiiOy r«i«ni«d lo tW CBivvnitj. ma ISs Doctor's Dsfrss. &mi moM Is Wmtimttmm. Hu vrvuoco oo tke W. STUKELKY, 1720. 71 if I had taken the bark as before it would certainly have taken off thefitt I attribute it to the eastern wind, so vehement & cold for many days before, which stopt insensible perspiration. Apr. 18. I went to measure Csesars Camp on Hounslow heath with L**- Winchelsea & U- Hartford. At the end of 5 weeks exactly I first perceivM any real amendment of the Groat, but two days afler it began again in the right ancle. I bath'd it well with spirits of wine, the warm weather coming on. May 27. After I had walkM about a fortnight a swelling came again in the Right foot which rose almost as high as before bat without any pain & went away in a week. May 24. I took a sketch of Mr. Baxters picture & observed he looked ver}* ill having a considerable dropsy in his legs. He complainM too of difficulty of breathing ; on that day sennight he dy'd. He had just finished his 2^ Edit of Horace & was again set to work upon his Welsh Dictionary but left it at the letter H. June 14. After the right foot was well recovered, it returned into the left, & run thro* its former scene, swelling and pitting ; in about 10 days perfectly well. June 15. I saw Moses's fine diamond, 160 gr**, of a green cok>r, reconM the finest in the world, beyond Mr. Pitts. Sept. 30. At the half yearly Comitia of the College, I was desir'd to make a design of a plate for the letters of summons. I was nominated one by the president to look over the library. Oct 22. I saw the Comet thro* Mr. Grahams'' Telescope. Oct 27. Mr. Sheeles &, I walk*d to find out Caesars Camp about Sheperton. We discover*d three. Nor. 9. I walk*d alone to Watford Sic to find out Cassi- belins Town, which I discovered at Ricmansworth. * 0«or|re Graham, an coioent mechanic, born in Cumberland in 167ff ; died la London 1751 ; and boned in Westminster Abbey. He wat jonm«7man and WMtMor to Tompion, the noted clockmaker. He inT^nted aeTeral valuable aetrotiomical inatmmenta, and the great moral arch in Oreeuwich Obeerratory W9M divided bj hit own hand. He invented the Sector ; and waa a member oif tiM B. S.— See B^etmt, p. 4eO. 7t DiAftT. Dec. 2. I dinM with the Alip. at Lambeth the fini time. Oct 4. I read my diacour^e of the Dorcheat amphitheat. ai the hodg. A, ddiverM to erery Bro'- a Copy. Di*c. G. I caM thr Amphitbi*ator in plaint, of paria. Dec. 20. I waA St€*ward with Dr. ToMier, Dod, Wliartoo. I brouj^ht a proof of the* drawin;:^ of the ( olle;r<** I made a ticket with Fato bono eventui liotio. This month, by iny metins^ L* Winchilnea k L^ Hartfofd came to the Antiquarian Society. I be^n to cut C«'«*Miri head in a piece of clialk. Four of my acn|uaintance «l tke tvu ollMri Iht ctiirmocrs fr«»« Uic Atrrtf t\tr itit«>ri<>r c«««iM«(ril r»f %n •|*f«r ciM|»l aa4 a cr7|4, Tbr Uitrr i»m alioyt 3u trtt bi^h. aimI Umd mi etilrmiKv trtmk tW rt««r, M wrU m frviQi tbr fucmrr Tliit cliAfvl «m iMV ftn Kit#rt nf thr rtrttlpr %nd CliftprI mm rt«T. C of M. IIm7 Colrrharrb. •! the •»mlh en«l u( «K«t is ft4»« Uincarf* AlWy. TbooiAft A IWck«^ h*il brm Im^him^I Thr work wm brfva m 1174. %md ia IJOa. Aa iVtrf <»l ( <*a«cli«irrli died in 1;SUS. W iMd Mt tlir MUttecttea af wrtBf hi« work oo«tf»lrtrd. In 1717 tht rl»^«-l (iHrw cAllrd CIm|«I llaaM) mm labAbiird bj ft Mr Vftldvya. or iW^dvjB. vbo. vbiW dtacvYcrtd tbr rtaAina ol tbr arf«kbiml •o^mmvi at tW c i^Af't i#Wm. Vol. I., f^ ;t-ai. W. STUKELET, 1720. 73 off the water, only drinking a quart of milk as before, & same diet ; friday night I had violent pain all night long & no sleep, & in the morning it was very much inflamM & sore, so that I could scarce set it to the ground, yet did not pit. All Saturday I drank water again, so that by evening it was much mended, but my head was not perfectly right On Munday night I drank but 2 cups of Ale, & found it inflam'd my blood again ; but by drinking water I conquer'd it, & so continued mending. I found aU this while my water very clear as it had been some months before, & when stood a little while it smelt strong, like spirit of harts horn or sal-volatile, but now on tuesday I observed it began to thicken a little & smell fetid. I had regularly every day a stool nol loose, & sleep very well, perfectly free from pain, can walk pretty well, but not put my former shoes on. In 3 weeks I could walk abroad very well, & was perfectly reoover'd. Apr. 2, 1724. The Speaker (Compton) in^nted me to spend some time with him in Sussex this summer, by Mr. Rog. Gale. Dr. Millington wrote much on generation, & much commended bat never could be persuaded to print it Ap. 12. I continued to drink water every day, by small quantitys at a time in morning, noon, aiVer dinner, & night, which kept the gout off, tho* I found every now Si then a ten- dency towards it After waking in the night, I perceived a constant inflammation of my blood, which went off soon after rising ; now & then after waking I found it, but a cup or two of water drove it off. I continued a pint of milk morning & even- ing, but I conjecture neater dos as well. Ap. 14. I attended all day at the house of Lords with Members of the College during the debates of the Pb3rsician8 bilL Duke of Argyle** & L^ Hay were violently bent ag^ it, t ioha, 3d Duke, born 167S ; died 1743. He wm dkUnsiiiUhed m a aad a aoldicr. For hit efforts in farthering the onion of Rcotlnnd and IsflaDd, he WM created an Bnglieh Peer bj the title of Baron Chathem and Karl of Greenwich in 1705. He fought at Ramiliet, Oudenarde, and Malpla> qnet« *e. In 1716 he aopprcMed ** Mar*a Ridng** in Scotland with energy. Sir Bobi. Walpole depri?ed him of aereral of his oAoea, to which howerer he OB the fall of that miniater.— .0Mm, p. SS. 74 DtAKT. D^glaciad no opportanilj of obstmcliiig it L^ Townieod* Mud, in relation to the Anatotnj clanae, that the mobb thow*di a mercifiil ditpotition in hindring dtMaetionn, k it ought to be encoura/lcM, L^ Carteret wonderM bow that clause was foialed into the bill, that it waa a subject not to be nara*d in the boose of Lords. L' Trevor s^ it was taking away a prerogatiTO of the Crown, for it might be the misfortune of a pemon of ooo* sideration to be convicted of capital crimes^ k then the King could not dispose of his body, upon which they rejected it The Bpa. said not one word all the time. The Duke of Montag«« went out of the hotise when there waa danger of a division, k came in again. 1/ Pembroke waa earnest for it. None spoka but L*- Trevor, 1/ Harcourt, k L^ Chancellor, k they very strenuously, & with great reason k judgmt^nL Dr. Eaton, (ibe Styptic Dr.,) petitioned to be beard ag' it. L^ Harcourt aakd him how it came alwut that he was not one of the College ; k he annwfrd that thert* was a misunderstanding between him k the College. Dr. F*n«*nd answerd that be was Censor then wbas be was eaamind, k that if there was any want of uoderstanding twas all on his tide. I found there was a general iodiffrrence aa to the bill in tk* whole lioune, k as to Anatomy all the fine thinga that might ha%'e btt-n Miid by anyone in itn favouri, were entiralj dn>p*d. TIk* L^ it M-ems wrre unwilling to trust any one witli power, k that the Pliy»icians, (the)* imagin*d,) had some sintaler end in it The Afiothecar} » insinuated we dkl not oodantaad druga. S' Hann Sloan otTerd to contend with them, 4 aayd hm would l»nng 54MI drug* tliat all the Apothecary^ in town aboiakl not know ofi<* of. L^ IMaware was Chairman of the Coa* tiiittee ; with mut*h dilHiulty k amendm* it iuimiiI. On fryday it ramt* again to the bouse of Omimon*, wbert bjr Mr. Hungerfbrds craft a new amendment ws» addcxl, via* tkal * (lisrlrtt. VtM>»«nt To«ii*kr«d. bom IS7C AtM IT^S A tW fr%gm at Q«rr« Aiiiir ; «Im» I» IImU of iht^w^*^ l« KU. MwifUrf. bst mkiim iiiaM«c« viili tW kisf isriistd «Imi W ram id iW ol kM OwsMii f«vo«ntc« s*«l SiiaCnaHS. Tm s alMirt vliik W wwm UwHr^ssf t4 trrUm-l la 1777 LoH T wiwafd w«« vrltpMvl hj a*f Wa1|«»I« : sa4 Im* iImw mir«^ to RaimIma. NuHmU, * Hr l«ft oakr." LseJ MsIma. *- vitli s ■m«i ■•W«misW4 tk^feim, m4, vbst Is «U1 Isss W. STUKSUBT, 1720. 75 it should be in foroe no longer than 3 year. I had like to have brought the gout into the tarsus of the right foot again, with standing so long. Nov. 1. We opend the body of a woman 10 weeks before she was to lye in, Mr. Sayer Surgeon & Mr. Prude Apoth. Nov 12. I viewd the moon thro' ^Ir. Hadleys** reflecting telescope which brings her fac« to be about 1100 miles distant only. The Abp. of Cant sent some prints of mine of the ro. pharos at Dover Castle to Monsieur Monfaucon.'^ Nov. 29. I walkd with Mr. Sheels & Catterall to Muswell hill to find out the hermen Street I judg it goes by Southend, & so between Bamet & Enfield, thro' the chase, to Hartford. Dec. 5. The gout came into my right scapula for 2 days ; it rowl'd about from place to place, sometime in the head where it cans'd a pain for a whole day & night, sometime in the stomach with a sourness, belching, &c, but I kept it out of my foot tho' it was very indinabl to come into my left great toe. I first thought of making a clavichord with Jews trumps instead of strings. Dec 6. As I was at dinner the gout fell into my left great toe. I perceiv, most evidently, that it has an exacerbation every other day, but later & later, & this toward the evening. I found this returned thrice. Now not to stop this by my method I con- cluded would be just as senseless as not to use the bark in the like fits of a real ague. In a weeks time the gout was wholly gone. I drank no strong liquor, eat moderately, twice a day I had milk, found no uneasiness whatever but was verv well. I obser\'d my urine did not smell so much like sal volatile as before, but more stinking & had somewhat more sediment I was not loos in body but as ordinarily. ^ John Hadlej, the reputed ioTentor of the Sextant, died in 1744. He wm OB intimate terms with Sir lanae Kewton, and it ii generaUj believed that he bonowed the idea of thit inttrnment from that great man.— BeeUm^ p. 476. " Bernard dc Montfaacon, bom at Sonlage, Langaedoc, in 1656 ; died at Parif in 1741. He began life in the armj, which he qoitted on the death of hit parenu, and entered the Benedictine Conrent of St. Ifaor in 1676. In 169S he fisited Home, and in 1702 publiabed an aooonnt of hit joomej. After this be vfQla maaj works leplcCa with crvditloBd— BmCmi, p. 729. 76 DIAKT. Dee. M. Tetterdmy k til nigbt I eooid not help thinkiiig ef B'* Nichi restrmnge, wbot boot I had beo el about 10 jtt mg^ k this wtthoat any manner of p^rkras ooaiaoo. L^ Wtnchilaea carryd me to dine with L^ Haitfocxl k the minote we came there we wer told of hit death. It wat an odd k an oteiett preia|te to my tpprehention, k whtt I ean*t help being torprixM tt Mj lidy Htrtford pretent^ my book of the Amphitheat of DorcheeC to the Princett. Jtn. 31, 1724-5. I retolrM to leare off wigt k wear my own hair. Jan. 13. I ttw tt Dr. Meadt tome fottik tent from Oxford- thire by Mr. Wttte, comoa ammonia tqoeex*d fltt, bonet dog op 12 f. deep, tome human fingert, comoa ammonia, large, takes in tolid ttone of great thickneat, no fltw ritible, k many beiem* nitet call'd thonderboitt by the vulgar. Feb. 24. The gout hat been flying tbont me thit week, it cornea into the bonet of the right loot ; it maket no pain but tooM oneattnett in walking, k that chiefly in the morning, for it goea oflT in the day time. I ply it ttootly with drinking water k am pretty abitemiout. Mar. 15. To morrow being the annirertary return of the gout it teii*d me to night in the head ; it lasted all night Neit day I walk*d all morning, rid all the afternoon ; it comet now k then at a rioient cramp in the right tanut, sometime at a crick in the neck, for that I can plainly peroetire a poiaoci ruaiitag about mei Ap. 2, 1725. Mr. Pacey intiwioc'd me to L^ MacdcafteU, lo whom I pretented my book of Itinerar. curioa. Cent L May 5. I went to m« the room at Crarm house, first wai»* tcotted with the new artificial marble, with Mr. Steph. Halea. May 19. I pretented the Piinciett with my Itinerarium. May 22. In my Kentith joumer, tAer hotting the blood I found a pain in my ankle which erery day grew worse till I eouU not walk ; but at tnddenly ceaad upon applieation of asy antidoitu Kov. 8. I went lo see the three young lyont al the tower lately btougbt forth there ; they toMrl, (at I may call it,) like a eat» 4 Ikal ooutiiiually , k thtir actiaut aiu muah liko a eala, tiwy W. STUKKLBT, 1720. 77 dimb up chain, hangings, Ac ; there were 4 but one dyM ; three la»t year but dead Dec. 24. The gout wakd me at 2 in the morning in the left foot, but my usual remedy removd it in a day or twa Whilst I lived in London for 9 years together, in the flourish- ing time of my life, I had the greatest intimacy with Thomas L^ Pembroke, Heneage Earl of Winohelsea, S'* Isaac Newton, Dr. HaUey, Mead, S'* Hans Sloan, L^ Oxford, James West, John Bridges, D. of Argyle, Tom Rawlinson, Dr. Friend, Dr. Arbuth- not. Dr. Morton, Dr. Walt'- Harris, S'* Godfrey Eneller, & in short with the whole sett of learned men & Vertuoso^s, w*^ at that time abounded, & by having recourse to their librarys I arrived to a considerable degree of knowledg & equal reputation. At the end of 1725 an irresistible impulse seized my mind to leave the Town. It began whilst I was at Newcastle with Mr. Gale, strongly impressed on my mind as I returned at Grantham, viewing the milky way one night. In country retirement & hours of contemplation (being always of a religious turn), I resolved to take upon me the sacerdotal character, & very soon met with good preferment Then for 20 years together I employed all my &cultys, & all the skill I had obtained in antient learning, in going to the sourse of religious antiquitys ; t the harvest resulting therefrom, such as it is, is immense. But all this while that I lived in the country what I knew was intirely to my self, no one person conversM with me in that way, or had any regard toward it ; till at length Providence brought me to an intimacy with the Duke of Montagu, who, tho* no scholar himself, had a fine genius, & entertain^ Uie greatest opinion of me in the world, & took the first opportunity to bring me to Town again. He dyM 5 July, 1749. But the same Providence left me not destitute of a great t good b^ so much the more agreeable to my mind, as being of the softer sex, for from that time it was brought about by steps that I became a4y|uainted withmEiAM. Jan. 2, 1725-6. My left ear Ued. I find that drinking warm water in a morning has taken away the belching I usM to have in a morning afler breakfast, & eructations. This December I throMy resolvd to goe into the country to live, t boo^t a 78 OlAAT. bouae at Ormnthamy fiodiog no porpoae io life can be antwwd bj mj tUj in London ; but ttudv, k too dote attach nMfnt to thai, had like to have thrown me into hjpoehoDdriaciam. Ap. 1, 1726. Returning out of the Country I paid a vtiit Io S'* Iiaac Newton. He abowd me his new edition of hia Priii- cipia not yet publisbd ; be informed me be waa bom chriatmaa day 1642. We bad some discourse about SoloaK>ns temple of which he had formerly made the plan ; he says it waa older than any great heathen temples ; that Seaostris from heooe made bk templea in Egypt, one in each Nomus, k that from thence the Greeks made theirs k borrow *d their religion. Ap. 15. I din*d with him at his Lodgings alone, at Orbela buildings Kensington ; his breakfast is orange peel boild in water, which he thinks diseoWcA Flegm, k bmd 4 butter ; be drinks more water now than formerly, ria'- morning k night. He thinks the body of Europe was peopled first by those from the north of the Euxin Sea, k the same as peopled Ameriea, rude k barbarous, without houses^ or religion, trarelling in carta as the Scythians k tartar*, k such they properly were. Of tliea were the first inbabitantu of Brittan ; in aflertimes when the Pastors were ejected Egypt in great numbers some went tu 8yria« to Greece, to Mauritania, to Spain, Italy, Ac., under the eondnct of the Egyptian Hercules, who paaed the Straits, built Carteiay Cadix, k was thence calld Melcartos, 4 this man first found the tyn trade to Brittan. Tbes people dviliad Apr. nltimodie, 1726. I wak*d in the morning with a pain in the parotid glandu, which in the daytime extended to the right cheek bone, it was some hindrance to me in eating ; it tinu*d for 2 or 3 days, then fell upon the right eyebrow, 4 ini canthus of that eyr, k hail a mn of fit« rrtuming e\^ry day. May 3. It was exceeding [lainful in that part, made the skisi sore, 4 my eye to run, coming to a violent fit in the night time; in the morning 1 found thr gout lodgd in the ball of my right fooC That day I arcompanyed 1/ Hartfocd 4 L^ \Vtnel»akeal* risit L^ Colrain, where I put my foot into the Canal, when it went out of my fooC« then my bead ached« but I could walk. All thes 2 or 3 days my nuse ran with a biuudy r, as if tlwrs had been an apnuhewie. This happend W. STUKBLBY, 1720. 79 I had been ill of a cold 3 weeks, coming out of Lincolnshire into London. This return of the gout was nearly to a day anni- ▼ersaiyy for it seizd me in Kent last year in ihe beginning of May. May 4. I began at night with my usual remedy, finding distinctly that it was gout ; the wind has been east for some time. I put my foot out of bed all night, and put it into cold water several times a day & wear no stocking on, at home, for I take it that warmth creates the pain, it raryfys the humor & makes it open the minutest vessels. Otherwise it fills only the larger, swelling the part, but without much pain, bee* the circulation is carryed on thro* the larger vessels not much interrupted, for two days, 5, 6. I rode out on the 6^ all day long, as far as Caes. CSamp on hounslowheath, & eat nothing. I was much fatigud & went to bed, & sweat much in the night, & slept pretty well, having very little pain, foot somewhat better. If I had been blooded & taken physic, when I was first taken ill, in all proba- bility I should have prevented the fit The sixth day I could begin to put my foot into my former shoe, & walkd out, the effect of my remedy showing itself at this time sudden &. sur- prizing. I us*d it in the night as well as day, >iz'* water. The 10^ day firom the first seizing of the gout I was pfectly well in all respects, & that day I had a gentle looseness. Happy are tliose who have passed thro* life without any signal unhappiness. At my first setting out, my Fa^* dying young, left me a good many troubles to struggle with, hy patience & perseverance in a private manner I overcame them ; but this took off that youthful sp** w*^* prompts to ambitious views & made me indifferent to a lucrative profession, w^* w^* certainly have loaded me with the profits & the honors attending it Now I have lived to see only 3 in the catalogue of fellows of the College of Physicians before me ; not so many in the Royal Society ; & yet as to vigor of mind &, body not declined. But whilst I avoided the parade of business, Sl that obj^tinately, ag** the persuasions of many & powerful fr^', my love to learning engagM me into the si^-eets of a contemplative life. I thoroughly preferM wisdom to riches. I have all my life long perceived that Providence favor*d my 80 DUftT. resolatioiL I began ehiklbood with a lova to drawing, & exer- died it in praottae ooatanuallr. Antiqaitr-atiidjt toon got an aaoendancj in mj fanej, thinking wiidom was the product of former dajty k tbenoe to be recoTcr'd. I renBov'd to London at 29 jear« of age, neither for pieaattre nor profit, but that I might indulge mr propenattj to atodj. I immediately waa instrumental in founding the Antiquarian Society. I trarel'd all the summers alone, except i jears out of 9, when I accompanyed Mr. RogiT Gale, k filPd my mind with Brittish k Roman Antiquitys in our own country. In June, 1740, I went to yisit Mr. Roger Oale, at Scrutoo, for a fortnight; Roseberry to|»ping in full yiew from my bed chamber, miriam there. May, 1747. I finishd my temple of Flora, k put up an Inscription out of Cowley, looking on my«elf as buryed in life. I went to Uffington k saw the fine elm«, |>huited by my grsndP*, cutting down by Mr. Bertie : which gaye me much grief. June 11. I re&l the first Icr from Mr. Bertram st Topeo- hagen, a stranger to me. I answered it, k it produced Richard of (*irencesters inyaluable M8. I wonder 'd at the meaning of his finding me out in obscurity. June IS. I refd a I2r from Kimneily' invitin:; me to a»Msl him in putting out the medaU of ( *aniuMu«. I answrr*d him, that tho* I looked upon myself as out of the world, Vft I w^ asiasi him ; & as a specimen tent him a large proem to that work. Since I came to London he gave me the Icr again, ntmplrd 4 torn, with some anger ; for I know not what : unless that I w^ Dol agrre with him in decrying I>r. Meads coin of Oriuna. I projected the manner of my interment, if I dyed at Staro* fonl, k made a drawing of it. July & Dr. Mason, from (*ambridgf>, M*nt me sn impraMNi of a seal of a Druid* head. The Re\^ Mr. « d ptctsrv* *»4 cvhm. mkHk W. STUKELEY, 1720. 81 Aug. 8. ReSd a very complaisant ler from the Duke of Monta^y earnestly inviting me to Boughton. Aug. 10. Reed a most polite ler, in latin, from Mr. Gram, at Copenhagen. Aug. 31. Dy'd our favorite Cat, Tit, it my gardener burj-d her in Rosamunds bower, the pleasantest part in my garden, w^' gave me a great distaste to it Sept. 14. I went to Boughton. The Duke was somewhat displeased at my delay. He went to London 2 days after, & at parting asked me kindly if I sh*** not come to Town this winter. I answer*d I had no thoughts of it, nor of ever coming thither again : little dreaming that Providence was about calling mc thither for life. Oct. 25. Dr. Green'* 0.— J/iriiA*« HoHofthe Cmitr^r -f Pkpwitimmi, Vol. ii.. p. 116. 0 82 niART. In 1750 Dr. Mead bought the coin of ORIYKA,^ gmve it to the K. of France before I saw it. Having ever a particular rejpard to Carausiua it ;rnev*d me. 4 Sept. I got a poor drawing of tlie coin of Dr. Kenneiit tlut coin ; but about thind Stnvt. Mrn. Jone« lived in it till Michnuu ; then Mr. Wat'ion, A|h»thtrarv. t*t titfiie %v* Mon«' de Itoze ha«i srtil to KenninU . I umt in that month to liquid Stn*«*t to inipiin*. Jun«* 2<». Vi»iti"«l Mr. Snllrr. I^M>k*d ovtT his coins, Ac. I walkM to th<* t h'l of IU>iid f»tre«*t. next riccadillv. l» find out Mr. K«»olr. wjlh«»iii •iirri'«%. Some time aftc*r wrnt to tht cmIht vud oftli*- »tnft. iM'Xt Uxfonl road. Alter a p"«l deal of iii(|iiirv I found Mr*. I*«ir*«»n*. In *uiiim«T, 1751, at ni\ ••anu**t re«|iif«t. Dr. M«*ail wmle to Mon'»' lie Uo/r for an rii;;r4\in;; of oaiV!(A. AUtut Nov* we Tvxil ih«* IMal<*. At Dr. M«*i.U f.H|ii«*r I \%rotr my di«««-rtation «hi oat\'!CA. He ria»l it A hktnl it i \tr.iinl\ ; ntiiniM it to me in Oet. 10 I^f., n* •! tin- fir^t lir fn»m M*ki«' de Ii«»ie. TIh- iM'H *t\ !«• \«-ar. 1 hati waittxl on Mr. K«M»t«* niorr ti an once in New llond Stn*ft ; hi* «i«ttT tiiad«* «^»fr«*e tor u». W'v talkd aUmt matim of lil«Tature. I, at an«»tlHr vi*it, |vniientol to hi^ my itouk of * For Mttkrlrj • crr«f rrlmtttkg la Ilia tvttdtiif oaiVHA !«€ PUOTWa, Ma W. STUKELET, 1720. 83 earthquakes. We talkd about astronomy, when I perceived in her library an Orrery. Waiting on Mr. Foote one afternoon, her coach at the door, t he not being at home, she ofFer'd to carry me homew^' as she was going into Ormond street, to Mrs. Pennyman ; I accepted of it, & she promised me the favor of a visit. 12 Feb., 1752. Dr. Mead gave me the plate of orivna to take impressions from, and I put my disc, on it to the press. 8 May. I puUishM my discourse, w**- being approved of, both at home & abroad, I was induced to think of the medallic history of Caraosius. When Mens'- de Boze was acquainted with such my intentions he promised to give me Dr. Genebriers 6 plates of those coins. May 12, 1752. Da'- Frances & I rode to Mr. Collinson's^ at Mill hill, to see his garden. Aug. 14. She visited me. I had been to Homsey to visit Mr. Tyrwhit, Dr. Lightfoots. Octob. Monsieur de Boze sent over the plate of ORrvKA. Dec'* 10. I reed a Icr from Monsieur de Boze about Dr. Mead. I left my treatis«e on orivna with Dr. Mead to peruse. He told me he had read it all over, & very much approved of it. 6 June, 1752. Dr. Duoarel went to France. The boil in my gum. July 10. Da'* Frances & I rode to visit Mr. Collinsons at Mill hill, an infinite sight of rare flowers. July 18. Da'- Franct^s, Mrs. Allen, & I, went to the physic garden, Chelsea. 26 July. Mr. Hitches k Fleming visited me. 29, the treaty commenced. 4 Aug., concluded on. In Aug. M. caird on me, but not at home. 20 Aug. I received them (six Plates of Coins of Carausius) by Dr. Ducarel,** but he had the year precearifth of StaTeley, Westmereland. Whi1»t a roath he heiran to form a herbariam. FeUow of R.8. 172S ; and of Societj of Antiqoariet 1737. He had an intimate friendship with l.inn«as. ** He wa« an infrenioos botaniitt. whope re*f arches in Katnral History hare immortalised his name.** Died 176S, aged 75. — •VirMf*^ Litermty AMcdeitM, Vol. ii., p. S9. ** Andrew Cdtee Dncarel, born 1718 ; edncatad at Eton, and 8. John's 84 DUIIT. to If r. Foote, rector of Foxal, in Staffbrdthire, wiio bad a eoo* siderable collection of Coins of that Emp'* Tba Dr. aet oat 10^ of that month for France, k carrred mj Kr to Moni'* de Boa«. On mjr firnt interview with M. we ditcort*d on mj book of the pbiloaophjr of earthquakes. I promtted to p'lenl one to her| w^ I did next meeting, k finding her of a philoAophicml geniua I entertained an opinion of her. Mr. Foote calPd on me br Dr. Dacarelt direction k ga^e me a direction where he lodged, but not preciM enough. He brooglil me Begen Tbeiaunu Bridenb. Mrs. Fleming brought me home in her coach. Mrt. Flemifift viiiited me ; drank tea in my dining room. Mre. RichdaA there July 1752. Mr. Fleming addressed bimnelf to my eMest da' At the end of the year they were marr^-ed. In July, 1752, I went to inquire for Mr. Foole, in Bond Street, but at the end next Picadilly, 90 witboot aocotiL Another day I found out the place of hit reiodence. 25 Aug. She [da' Frances] k I rode to Basingstoke to rmt a benefactreaa.^ S Xor' 1752. Miriam*! birtbtlav. Wife, da' k I drank Ics with Mr. Fleming, in hi« chamber, Clement* inn, in treaty of intermarriage. I got the fine ei>lliTtion of Mr. Nelea antrtm* omiral printa. Mr. Fleming ga%'«* me great pleaaore in lii« generouA conceaaion in regard to i«ttlement 14 Not. Settled the jointure. Dec. 29, 1752. I firnt %iew*d hi«« TMr. Footea] mlleetiofi eT coins [of Carausiittii]. Hi* sister, Mn^ Peirson, gare ns a dish of coffee the 2d time. The same day Mr. k Mrs. Fleming iiHMie me the first visit of ceremonv. a Coll^vn, Oxford ; LL.D. I74S ; Ptllov ai Xoetctj ol Amtt^mtnm, ITS* . faOev of Rnjal Knci«tj. I7€l ; UbcmrtAfi At IjMKbnfe. •»«lrf ArrbbMlki^ H«ft«i. ITST. He tr»v«IM tntli la«»tl OaW. Kaq , f%*f iIm pmtpome ol tfioif •oU a»4 lolorwi. TWj ooMUatij u»uk villi tWai *CiMllonius*s doctrine by one instance. Your iK*netration will readily m*<* more. The phikHophers of Greece* were much too wise to enter intirely into the popular iheolog}*, the ridiculous idolatr}* of the heathen world among whom thev li%'ed, k therefurt* mu^tt mvds conceal their real senti- ments tliercon. The want of tliis caution caus*d Socrates*s death. I am sen!iible your pMid nature has prejudiced you in fa%or of me, & I am N> ha(>|>y as to enjoy your good o|iinion. In rrtam I can truly say my respect for you, who art* endow *d with so many excellent qualitys, ^ith m great a lore for learning, is in no wifK) infc^rior. I ei»te«*ni yoti intinit(*ly sliuve all my aef|aain* tancc of either sex. Tht« mutiul kindnr%« tlio* a« distant fn*m any thin;; culfiaMe as thr |H»les of lK*%-en an* frd each other, stil rcf|uin^ that |»nulenr, ne an* talking of, k ^brn I re^gn my share* of it to your din*ct»4»n, I am cunfitlent no evil, ocn imaginary, can eosoe. \\v an* U>th of yean» of mature dificrrti that ^r can justly say with Horace, ia regard to hi« great fr^ 4 Patron Mecvnas : W. STUKELBYy 1720. 87 Both our reigning stars agree in a wonderful manner. [For instance, 3 Nov'- is your birthday, the 7 is mine. On the day of your Auspicious birth I hapned to buy Gibsons Camdens Britannia, having imbib'd just then a strong propensity to the]* Study of my Country Antiquitys, & particularly began to enter- tain thoughts of collecting coins & materials for the history of Carausius, as if Providence had then ordcrd that, in the course of revolving years, that very topic of study [sh*** be the occasion of introducing me to the acquaintance of your Ladyship in whose fT**shp I repose a great happiness of my life.] 13 Sep., 1725. I took a drawing of Mr. Gales seat at Scniton, & distant view of Hosebury topping. I was then seated in Stamford, in the sacerdotal character, marryod. That year, in the spring, took a draw*^- of S*^- Rich. Ellys unique, bijugato coin of Carausius, the first then known. I made my view of the grand inner court of Solomons temple in a book. Prince of Orance marrvd. Tlie 3Iav bushes that v<*ar a month fonvarder than usual. In Auff. Dr. Kennodv visited me. I ffave him many coins of Carausius, he pretending that he w'*- engrave them, whilst I wrote the history*. In the >ame month of Auor** I was extremely intent on sacriHl antiquitys, Solomons Temple; found out the manner of the Shechinah, iV of the breastplate of Aaron. I projected my book of Divi Britanici wh I bound up in Nov. At this time, k in the s:une month of Aug., I was visited by Mr. Peck,' the antiquary ; Dr. Kennetly ; 3Ir. W.^Warburton ;' ' Both MMitenoe« inarke (;iifl. Northanta ; and obtained the Rectory of Godeby Maorvward. co. Ix'iccfiter, by purchaae from Samacl Lowe. Ek|.. the patron, in I7l*3. In lTl'7 h*- wrote a poetical description of Bi'lroir and it« neit»hl»ourhoo wrote - The AnnaN of Stamford." " Life of .Milton.** " Memoirs of Cromwell." ■ W. \Varburt4tn. bom l«;i»>*. wa* the son of the Town Clerk at Newark- apon-Trent. He was educated in the (tramniar School there, and articled to •a attorney, whom he served for five yearn. In ]7'i:{ he entered into Holj W DumY. Mr. I^eaupre Bell/ the great medalUt, from wbd I gut aociM ooins of Car. for Kennedy ; Mr. Weaker the aatrooomcr ; Mr. Tjrcbo Wynp,* the antronouier ; Bruwn WilUa ; Mr, Wkuloo ;* Mr. Maur. Johnson.' Orders, anil wm prMcoted bj bir KoWrt batuwIoaMBAll vkamg* 4a N'oCAAag- hamshtre, iti 1 IITti. Later, the aame patruo pr«MoUd kia to BaraaC Broafkioa, LiDcolDfthire. He pyblt»hed hu " Oivitie Lefstioti of Moats" ia ITJi. wlikli led to much cutitruvertj. In thu jrear he waa ap|n4Blad ClMplaia lo tkc fnaca uf U'alea. When U. de Crooaai attacked " Pope's laaaj oa Msa,** Warbstlaa defended Pupe in sii Letters in llSif, and a seventh in 174a This sslahinharf a fnentlsbtp between hi a and Pope, and led to his iatrodadioa lo Balph AUea. of Prtur Park, Bath. In 1747 he mametl Gertrvdc Tscher. AUaa's alaet a^l hcirea*. snd thus oUajned Pnor Park. He was Bade Usaa ol Bristol la 17^ ; and Bi^hupof Uloo^csier in I7yj. Died la 1771i. afsd il.^Hos TiwimmM U. Morlejr s >irs/ SArtck ^ ^mfluM Utrrmtmrw, Ifod Edltioa. p. 9tt * bon of beaupr^ Bel). Emj . of Bcasprv Hail, in Upwcil aa^l UatweU, Norfolk. His oiucher was ^laqparrt, da«chter ol bir Aathoaj Oldisld. ol hi>aMiii|;. Bart He was educaud at WestaiiosUr Ikhool, mmd afumaids at Trail I J ColU|^. Cambridge, in 17:^3 His father lad a mimnkU life, hanll/ allowed his soii nvceMarics, and dilapidatc«l his howsa He (the fsthse) hmi also &UU horses of his own brsodiug. uanj above 3tl jaafs old, aabtwia. TW •on died of cousuinpiion. on the ruad to Bath.— .%VAWs* iMetmr^ «4i Vol V . p. i7(*. * An Astrutogvr aiid celebrated oooiposcr uf Alaiaaaos. His portrait la bung iti tlie Hall of the MAttt<««cr» Coaipanj. Ue is w lib his rigbt band rcsiini; on s ccUstial spltetc. He was the sm« of Viaaiat Vmig. * William Wbiftton was burn in I<;ii7. at Nodow. »«ar Twj< Hr wase«lucaie«l at Tamwiirtli Xhool . and afterwards at Clafw Uall. where he sttnlicd mathematica etarbt hu«rs a da/. lUl. iaa9. H« chaplain u» Dr Mourr. Bishop of Norwich. Vicar of Loweisfoft mmA Tkar af K)»*inglati«l N«»rfu)k He set bia.«clf again*! alehussss. •{•plirtl t«' bin fur bu »ignatare to s Iiirncv. in order U* set but be aiiawcrvtl. ** if tlicv wuuld briti/ bin a pw| ' He tctis as b«- bad rr«»l o«ir ibc first two ocwt«n«s of the chsfck* •imI (ouii I that Otr Ar.an «kjctriiic wm plaiolj the doctnae uf tW« agas , aad a* he th«>u^'bi It a puint M dat/ ut o^umuaicate what he hfti disouvevwd. aw his h«'ter«iilut iKKMttis resprctiug iftn Trtoiij bc^aaMgsaafallj haowrm. Oa uf ibrMc u|'it«M»t«s be wa« depfived of his Profeaaufship at bai*i»h*ir Hsits Muwi*e and Dr Hsllej to the ft..^., Wwl Mr ll.e Prr«fUnf. relu»ol bi* a«laiiiiatKV li. 1717 h«- |o«a««l tht fea^sla. ts| )4ri>f d wUn lir wa» at tlic b*>i»«c *4 >sn.(Ml Baker. I.s«| , at LJwdos^ Kat- Utod. wbo bad B*arned his owlj daaghter. h^rmh. Hs died la 1722, ^&4 M. Mid wai hwnadai L/adaa. BepaWishad -ll«saifaaf hia LMtaatf WiM^* vnuaa hgr hiMtll. Loadoa. l7lt.*.%1i#4slt-« tMt^m^ Aut^mt. TwL U pclM . W. STUKKLETy 1720. 89 In Oct I discovert! Newark to be Sidnaeetif^* the Mercian bprick ; St Tibs well in Rval fields ; S. Eabs well. In Nov'- at Croylaud Abby drew out the Statues there. At Pe;ikirk drew out Pega^s chapel there ; trac'd the Car dike, wh was ptected by Carausius ; drew out S. Tibba^s cell. In July, 1 740, I had a view of it before me for a fortnight out of my chamber, where you was resid** On 13 Archdeacon Cumberland gave me Bedes history of the Engl. Ch by Smith. Lastly, come we to the melancholy day, 2 March, 1747. A year extremely remarkable in the annals of time, for in that year were many rare celestial phasnomcna, a transit At that verj- timo they were cutting down a fine grove at Uolbech, planted by my fa'* wh grieved me exceedingly. As I never intended to live Uiore I sold it many years before, & the whole of my native parish regretted very much the loss of so l)eautiful an oniam'* to the Town. That day I set 2 tulip trees in my garden at Suun- ford, 2 firs & a cedar of libanus, wh the D. of Montagu si*nt me, think'* there to pass my life in rural obs a p*sage of the appitNichiug change in my life. Then his Grace presented me to S. Geo. qu: Squ : at the latter end of die year, on the vtTV 14 Nov'* The same month of March I finishd my pretty machine calld Luiuesolarium, wh the D. of Monta^^u was hi;;hlv deli;:hted -ifiih. Thus I have given you. Dear Miriam, a sketch of the con- currence of our Stars, wh here brought us together in London, altogether due to Caniu>ius. 1 shall pur&ue my obser>'ations on this subject tlie next op|iortunity, ^ recommend you to the kee|>- ing of the same good Providence, ^ nivself to the continuance of yourfr^sh|». * CHYNDOXAX. * Maurice Johnson, an excellent luitiquarjr, and funnder of the Gentleman *k Sudctj at Spalding in 1712. He wm born at Spalding, and wa« a member of tbe Inner Temple, and Steward of the Man<»r of SpaUliu}:. Hi« wife wan a dasghtcr of Jothaa Ambler. Em|., of the muuc t«»wn. She wac grand-danghtcr of hir Antlionjr Oldficld, and lineally tleMX*ndcd from Sir Thouia* Gn-sham. fottDdcr of Qmbam College, and of the Kojal Kxchange. Hj her he had 2i» chikireo. 16 of whom mU down U>gethcr at hin table. He dietl in 17S5. Dr. Siakcl^ wrote an eulogium on him, which \% in the 5linutc« of tla* Society of 90 DIART. Canons far the Eimamune. 31 May^ 1735. I. The power of the Planets is in proportion of their distances from the center of tlie syMem: the superior having the greater influence, except the sun & moon. II. The real magnitude of the sun, the apparent one of the moon, by reason of her proximity to us, make their influences the strongest. III. Their influences are to be deduc'd from their aspects to the horoscoj)es, during their several revo- lutions round the sun. IV. Their influences are computed from their joint aspects. V. The result of their joint aspects db their various combinations, is what is called the Fate of the nati%*e. VI. In order to calculate the sum of their united flowers, the proportions of each munt be ascertained. VII. The influences of the Planets is as their distance from the center of the System, d: their quantity of matter. VIII. Their influence in rusfiect to their distance (nm\ the center is as the squares of their distance. IX. Their influence in respect of their quantity of matter is aa their diameters. X . Therefore all these powers arv to be ascertained liy Humbert. EIMAPMENH or Ratimtl Virology. W. STUKELEY, 1720. 93 I? came to A x 15. 21 Mar., 1730. I was just settled at Stamford. £100 fell to me by Aunt Bacon's death. I? came to a T 15. 1 June, 1782. I lK»pan the invidious Society at Market Overton. The great quarrel al>out ^Ir. IVal hap|)errd. A commencement of the difference U'tw. me & Burleirrh. Lady Exef* abusM me at Grimsthoqi A: ilias malo- rum. I starvd for y' gout, all this inflamd by succeedinb. Anna, da'* of W"** k Franees Stukeley. Mar}', da'* of W"** k Fi*ane«»s Stukeley, ob. Frances, wife of W*"* Stukeley, Hector of All Saints in Stani- fonl, dyd 1 Sept., 1737, 10' U^fore 12 at ni^ht, l»eing 41 yeai-s old within 12 days. Memorand. January 9th, 173^-9, tuesday. William Stukeley marn'ed Elizalieth Gale, daughter of Dr. Thomas tiale. I>remony %vas |M*rtonnd by Mr. Noble, n^er there. Dec. 7, 1752, tbursday. I marry«l Riehanl Fleming, E^., of the Chancery office, to my daughter Fram-es, in my church, present, John Woodhouse, Esq., Mrn. Warren A: Iht hi>ter Miss Clark, my da'- Anna, my wife, k Mr. Hall, Clark, Mrs. Williams pewKMper, Ccmmo9tf>laet BooL IT. Siuhliyy 1720. Of Dr. Arbnthnot* A« ftiM A PhjticiAB mM «T«r wm mch. Who oooe had a P»ti«nt k tkai wm a Q«m&. Dr. Arbathnot & Mr. Pope are thou^^ht to have wrote the wit^ pamphlet about the traiuironnation of Sexea, at the Great Coo* junction of the Superior planeta this 29 Dec, 1722. Surj^ns — mr old aoquaintanoe. Mr. Green, Mr. Ridooi, ChiaeUen,'* Joe Tanner, Joe. Sjrmonda, Jo. Dougiaa. Biahopa of my College Bennet in mj lime. Teniaon, bom at Cotenham — Abp. Dr. Green,'' bp. of Norwich Ely. Dr. Bradford,*^ bp. of Rocheatcr. * BomaiArbathttoCiicar MoQtroat, l€76.dMia Lottdoa, nSi. Ullj adainiauriBff relief to Prinee 0«wge ol DeasaHt at Bpaooi, ha bis Phjeician, and la 1 709 wae appoiatad Ph jaiciaa ia oidiaary k> Q^eaa Ai Be engafad with Pbpc to vrile a aatire oa tW abaea ^ ka»aa laaraiaf . the Uilc o# ** Meaioirt ot Martiaaa ScrlbUraa.** bat tW Qaaaa's daatk pat mm end to the project. Beatda* vritlaf arorka» partlj eatirical aad l^fftlj poHftcal. be wTcce ocbart oa aataral biecarj, aiatbtiatica, ke. Hts ebM woek ia * Tablaa ol Aacteot Coiaa* Wetffbu aad McMaiaa.** He wae aa aaiabla baaMToaa witboat baiaf lU-aatarcd. At oaa UaM ba tboa«bt ml ««Uiaf Doecaeter, bal aMetiaff wiib isall aaeeaai tbcre at a f%jmkeimm, trea fallopiag aat ol tbe loarm, aad beiag aaked wbltber ba vaa faiag. be replied, -"To Waea tbia eoaloaadad plaea. vbare I eaa aettbec Ilea aar die."— BeH—, p 77. •* Wm Maetar mf Wardea ol tbe Cbaepaaj ^ Barbar-Baigaaaa. MaabvaQ Street, ia 1744. ol wboai Pope wroU ia a latter to a fnead, ** I vundetad a little at Toar qaaettoa wbo Cliieeldea vaa. . . He ie ibe aMat aoted. aad aaal deermag aaa ia tbe whole prolfeeioa ol rbirargery.*' A baet ol CbiMldea la aow ia tbe Oallaga ^ l^afgeoaa, Uaaelaa laa fWlda. I aovaaa «*^aewe. oaEaiBC A^caoaaoiMB a* ^.^^BMnv^B*^ « sbq ^vsb Blabop ol Sorwicb la 1711. Re vaa traaelatad to Bl? la I7». ** Saaael Bradford, bora ia l«&t : di<^ 1791 Re eagcaaiied Dr. tbe Maalerabip ol tbe College la Ult, Hie fatber vaa WiUa. altlaea 9i lialue. He toab Halj (Mara ia I flM^ and ia tba f^Oavteg vaa elactad aiiaietar ol St. Tliniae'e ebarcb, aoatbvarb. by tbe Oafwaati af tbat Hoepital. la Itn ba vm appelated ta tbe lietag ol Ik Marj Ie Baar. %f Abp. miotaaa, cbaplaia ia atdiaarj to WiUimi UU la l< Waattaiaaw la I707. BiriBi Jp^alOwlkia: ITU, mmmmr$ JNA ^ Cbppw P^ tH. W. 8TUKELET, 1720. 95 Dr. Mawson, bp. of Chichester. Dr. Herring,*' Abp. York — Cant. My tutor Dr. Danny would have been a bp. had he lived. Dr. Green, dean of Lincoln. Dr. Barrow was Tutor to S'* Isaac Newton, and gave a great Prognostic of his superlative Eminence. Then abouts was a time fruitful of great Genius's. S'* Tlio. Brown" dyd after eating too plentifully of a Venison Feast. S'- H. Sloan has all his & Sons MSS. S'* Isaac Newton was grey-headed when very young. He calls antient Statues, Busts, &c, by way of derision. Old Babys. Dr. Barrow, when C. II. Chaplain, was orderd to talk with the D. of Bucks by way of entertainment in Chymistry, Mathe- matics, infoii-rLACic booe. u|M>ii which Jon. Barnes*^ falling foal, be put oat a new Gdition, Si tiMik JcH*** work* to pirforo nil the (VmiiMny, k in a fortnight aOer be (lio't«il at Hillingilon by Uz* brid;; in tlir t 'hitrvhyanl, tliat llillin^^don wlicn* K. Cha. I. unhappily drtrrminM to give himself up to the faithleM Scot% thin wa5i nt om* Ti'e^lnle^, a We«tm€>riant a pub- lick hou4«* : on munday April 27, IG46. Dr. Noel Bn»xliolm/* a St mifnnl man of mean |iarmU : bnm;:ht up at Oxfi»nl. He attcndc«i with me Dr. Cole,"* Dr, Fulwo«l vitHo«t a»«#fiUif k^, nn*f |*4ifr vit|k*«l ntiofi." Ill* p. Jf«nA • #rW# «/ #WI/^ «/ •* WminM r«ll«m«l. M l>. ••# l*MkAn»r finll. Tnail^flrt. 1710. %9ok kU |Kvidow, & this year 1748 in July threw himself out of life, by cutting his jugular vein at his house at Thistleworth. My old fr^- W"- Becket, Surgeon, dy'd 25 Novemb. 1738, at Abingdon. His papers were bought by the infamous Curl.* My fr*- Dr. Milward* gave him 30 guineas for them. About Aug. 1745 Beaupri Bell dyed. S'* Christ. Wren & Mr. Hook^ great drinkers of Coffee. Dr. Grale drank 2 dishes twice a day. Mrs. Behen^ drank it much. I was told bv a Clercrvman in Kent he had drank it 40 years without ill effect*^. A*** 1725 they took a wild boj' about * The mernory of Edmund CurU has been tranBmitted to posterity with an obloqaj more ncTere than he deserved. Whatever were his demerits in having OGcmsionallv published works that the present ajre would vcrj profterlv consider too licentious, be certainly deserves commendation for hiM industry in preserv- ing our National Remains. And it may perhaps bo added that he did not pub- liah a single volume but what, amidst a profusion of base metal, contained some precious ore. some valuable reliqueii. which future collectors could no where else have found. He was a bookseller. — Xickol»M Literary AttecdctcM, Vol. i.. p. 4"»7. ' Edward Milward. M.D., was educated at Leyden. and admitted to Trinity Ollege, Cambridge, in 1741. Created M.D. by royal mandate. F.R.S. 1741-2. Fellow of College of Physicians. 1748. Harveian Orator. 17o2. Died 1757 ; baried in Knighton Chapel. Lindridge, co. Worcester. Author of **Trallianua Revivisoens," !x>ndon. 17.34. ice— .V«r«ri'ii Ifoff of Oaiege of Ph^uielan; Vol. ii.. p. h'^. * Robert Hook«*. bom at Freshwater, Is'e of Wight, in ir».3.*>, died in Lon- «loo 1702. In his youth he was placed under Sir Peter Leiy, but he al>andoned painting and went tn ChriMtchurch. Oxf«)rd. He wtirked with Dr. Willis in his chemical operations, and became assistant to Mr. lk)yle. He was one of the first Fellows of the U.S.. and in DWii was made Curator of ezperimenUi to that body. Two years later be was elected Gresham Professor of 0«*ometry. After the fire of T»ndon he produced a plan for rebuilding the City, which was not adopted. In 1668 be had a dispute with Hevelius. respecting telescope aighta. lo 1671 be attackt>d 8ir I. Newton*s theory of light and colours, and claimed tbe discovery of gravitmttoa. In 1691 Abp. Tillotson created him II. D. He wrote a book called ** llioograpbia,** and some of his other works were published after his death.— HfivfirM, p. 516. * Qmere. Aphra Behn, who commnnicated to the English government the Dotcb design of homing tbe English fleet in the Thames. 8he wrote aeveral plajs. histories, and novels of a lively but licentious character. She died in 1M9.— A«(M. p. 164. 98 ooMMoy-rLACB moe. 14 y'- old in the woods of HmnoveH who was broogbt to tb« Ktn;^. He would oat nothing but raw fleah, k drink no wina, nor beer, but water k coflye. Dr. W. Cole wa* an f^^^i a coffee drinker a« »me the first that took snuff* in Eng- land, which I !«u|)|M)ae lie im|M)rted with wigs. Tbey fin^t un, Moor, Hjrn», ingra\er, HolrCU i 'hun*li. Tlie prayerm of thi» cxNigregation are de*ird l«»r a w«Miiati wh4» i^ ;r^iu;; to taki* a great thing in liami : fiir a \cHiog Wfimin troubldi in mind : for a yoan:: man gone to Mem ; U^r a woman under .1 Mrong tem|>tat* The len;!tli of my foot It) inches A | ; my height 5 fool fl inchei^ .Martin Folke%' ban an estate of near £SliW) got by his Fa' * F«»r A farther Aoeuotit of tbit Hr%mg9 •u»€y, m# ** Torkahirs I>Mn«».* S«ft«f« .*NinetT. Vol. liT , p. f 4S.. «k«f« Miotlicf iMtsaet i« rvtur^M. * J«»lin Umttjn, an raiinrfil buCAMM. Umi Ii99. dwd ITIUI N« sM Dtllentt* f«irnirfr»*< oi IkiUMij ml i aabrvlfr U i;?: I»r »m f l««i«d FflUtw fl R. ^. tic prmciimd p^ymtt la tW City mU 0»rl«rA. aikI in 17:12 rHm«l to rurruhmm H« vat iW mhWv «I Ili4*tiir*l and other «or%a.~Af«f«tt. ^ Mt^ * Martin ¥\Akr^ cUlraC *m ul Maftin rulkra. C«| . CMfia»ll«f at La«. vaa bora la Qmnn Mrvtt« Liaoola a Ina fisUak la liM. f lifHd sMlaf Ms. Qipf«l, 11 s^Muaar. fraaM. lalil dart BaB, CSM>ft%^ IIP?. Mlawal W. STUKKLKY, 1720. 99 in the Law. He is a man of no a^eonomv. Before at ase be inanyed Mrs. Bracegirdle'* off the stage. His nio'^* grievd at it so much that she threw her self out of a window & broke her arm. His only son' broke his neck off a horse back at Paris. His eldest da'*** ran away with a book kee|)cr k who used her very ill. Quarrelling with S*^* Hans Sloan about the Presidentship of the lloyal Society, A: being baffled, he went to Home with his wife, ii dan"**, dog, cat, parrot, k monkey. There his wife grew religiously mad.'' He went to Venice & got a dangerous hurt upo his h'g. Keturning he was Successor to S*^* Hans, Presid'- of the U.S. Losing his teeth, he speaks so as not to be under- stood. He constantly refuses all papers that treat of longitude. He chiUHcs the Councel & Officers out of his junto of Sycophants that meet him cverj- night at Rawthmills coffei» house, or that K.S. 1 714. IIi'b communicatinnn to the Sociery arc |irinfc«l in their Tran»- arfiotiff. liidenti», K.S.A^ I7:^0. President of this Societj in 17.50. an KurccMor i«» Alpcrn-'ii. l>ukc of Si>ip«T»»ci. Died 1754, and wan hiiritsi in Hillin(.t«)n Church. Thi* i^alo of his prints, coiuK. Jcc.. in K'ti'i. Iaste naturo. Prom the characters iu which I find her name, she must hare U-en a handsome woman at least, had a g«-M| figure, and pn»l»ahly only see«»iid-rate talents." • Martin. Mr. F«»lkeii* only son, was admitted to t'lare Hull. <'am'»rid::«». He aoc«Hnrmnie«l his father anin hii> h«>riH\ and killeil on the i»pot. — XirhmU'M Literary AmerdofrK Memoir «»f Koikes. Vol. iT., p. .VS. ** The eldest daufrhter was I>oroChy Rishton : and the second Lucrefia. who was married in 17.'»<> to Richaril Betensun. Esq. (afterwani Sir Uiehanl). She died in I7.V(. afre|ibv, afttronomr : but knows nothing of natumi hisfoiy. In matten of reli^^ion an errant infidel k loud K^ofTer. Pn>f«»«»eft himiM*lf a podfa' to all monkeirs, Weivw notliin^ of a future f»tate, of the Scrif>tures, of rfvrlation. He per\rrted I>ukr of Montn^, Richiuond, 1/ Pembroke, A vorv nian\ iiion* of the nobility, wlio bad an opinion of hi« under^tiindiii;: ; d' tbi^ b»K done an infinite* |»rpjudice to Heligiofi in |:eni*ral, made the nobility throw off the mask, A o|irfiljr deride A di*^>untenance rwu the a|i|»earancr of reli;*ion9 wh has brou;!bt UA int the diflVn*nt *tnirtun* of our brain, a» l»etw(»cn man A man. Whew I li\ed in Ormond Street in 172<), he* set up an infidel Club al hi« lioUM* on Sunday rvenin^, where Will Jones,'' the matbe- matician, A otlier^ of tlie hfatbon »tamp, aMenibled. He invited nif earntMly to rom<* tbitb«T but 1 always rrfufid. Prom that tinit* III* lia^ lM*«-h propnpitin;; tlie infidel 8yf4em with f^rrmt a^^iiluitv, A matlr it even fa^liiotuible in tlic* Roval Socirt%', so that %%brn any nirntion i% made* t»l IIom*«, of tlie d«*lu^, of reli;:ioii, Scriptun*'*, %Vc., it |jfn»erallv is received with a looil luu;!li. Ill .^ p* ITril, Umui! of a \ery f^m^ babii, |n't^' eater A dniiLrr, bt* \%a^ M-ixd with tin* cIkiIic wh Kxm trrminatnl in a hrniipb*;ria. He ban now liren cvnfin'd a t«elveniooth in this miMTabb- •^tatc, but mi far from corrrctin|; bin irreligiuita iwnkwa tliat Ih*% I'roHii wi.rM* if intM^ibb*. In two rears time he dred ^" • * « in :i d« pl«»nil'b* nianiuT. i veam aAer. bi« da^ l>otb mam'fd to in«li;:<*nt |»eT*«»ii*. IV. Fri«nd'* I tak«* to U* thr happiest PhyMCtan in *' *^«4llrinlr«l Ki« mrnlMry ami ::•*« ol lb* H ^ Ur wr*Ae mm MMljMfl ol ^if l«ttAC> fO^trt. 4r Ikmi te llM l»^ «l Anrlc«ea. I July, 1728, aged 54. An imposthume broke in his thorax & suttbcated him, as Dr. Walt'* Harris wrote me word. Woodward,** Gibbon, (*hamberlen, iV: Friend dyd this year, beside 2 others of less note. Friend became Phvsiciaii t«> the Queen notwithstsmding he was a great Jacobite, owing, I LMinoeston, and diBtinpuisht'd hiiuMlf hy speecbeii again»t the government. Uc was snppoaed to have been conoernotl in B|». Atterbarj's plot for the rcntor- ation of the htuartii. and in 1722 wan cummitted to the Tower. During hin incarceration hin practice paMvd chicflv into the haiir. .Mead, hit friend. Mead •uooeeded in obtaining his liberation and presented him with iiOOO iniineas which he bad received from Kreind> patients while he wait imprinonetl. It wan while he wan in the Tower that he wrote bin valuabh* hi»torj. l)r. Kreind'it brother was .Master of Westminster School, and succeeded Dr. Ba»bT. of ** lashing*' renown. On his appointment the folluwinj; verses were pablished. " Ye MMia of Wr«Cinln»ter, wbo 01111 rpUiii Your ancient dmd of Busby's awfal rvign, Vargtt mt leofth joor feMt^— jmir iwiiit* md : The BMNiArch of jroor place l« now a VrimnA." »!•« C. KmightM LomdoH, lh4i». Vol. VI., p. H. *' Jolin Woodward, born in Derb.vshire in W^u*. die Abp. Tillots<»n conferred on him the degree of .M.D., in which jear h« published his ** Natural Uistorjr of the Earth,'* which is full of glimpM*!* u| jpeoloiiica] truths. lie founded the l*roflo^jr at Cambridge. p. t \VA, lOS COIflfOK-PLACl BOOK. ftuppoM^^, to the force of bin merit He wm biiryd at Bamham in BuckjiJ* Tliat the (1or;ry of En^^Uiul, undvr God?* Providetioe, arc the nuin f'UpiKirt of rfli^rioii now upon the face of the earth, it a Truth tliat will not f»a turn*d the hcad^ of the whole kinplomi Uith Muall and ^n*Jt. that they routed one of the beat minittrya any crown t*ver had, A diMolvil the greatt^tt cutif<*deracy for asM^rtin;; the lihi*rty<« of Europe* that evi*r wa^ made, A pav*d the way for the* voke %%hich tlie houic of Bourbt>u now thn*att*iu ita with. 2 (X't. 1 73'>. S41 ;;reat an influenoe lia» rrlipon : A, bow fr. r., I Knd how yuu kcfiC \our lieatl aUive wati-r. S' Sittiiuel (tanli** ii\d »|4«*fK*ti«-. A wa« Imrvil in a %'aull ill iIm* ( *lih lit li:trr«*H «»ii lilt' hill. " rjH^%m br Vr ^ .vim I Wmimy. 1» W« K*l> ia# M:. •A»'««>1 mf.«r N « tai« Ml fir. m^ Umgmtik 4 •! Ite* •*«• « w«k ri*t*4 rt|«r 4. itiip nrf t ym ImI« aW kuf, A>* m^'09 M'f iwi^tit^ gr^4 »• r*nw« c««^ »tW«»l . .%>i«l0*« L^rrm9j Am^f4^m. V*4. v.. |i M. •• \ n.»«. mix I.e., ifi Y*]ain to Bp. More of Norwich, bj whom be was appointed to Drajton Recty., Norf . In I70() he publiBhed a Latin Translation of Newton's Optics. Appointed to St. BenetV Rectory. PauPs Wharf. Lond.. and Chaplain to Q. .Vnnc. Rector of St. James. Weslm.. in 1709. Master of Wigston HoKpital. Leicestershire. He was a profound scholar, close reasoner, acute critic, and well versed in mathe- matics, philosophy, and metaphysics. — Beetcm, p. 2ti9. '* An eminent antiquary and indefatigable collector and editor of books, and MSS., son of George Heame, parish clerk of White Waltham, Berks, bom in I67H. When a child he use93. by Francis Cherry, Esq., in whose serrioe he was, and who afterwards sent him to Edmund Hall. Oxford. He took his degree in 1699. Assistant t4> Mr. Hudson. Librarian uf Bodley. In 1713 he declined the honour uf lieing made F.Ii.S. IIjh poli- tical sentiments brought him into collision with some of his learned contempo- raries, whom he did not spare, and who, in their turn, were equally disrespectful in their notices of him. Buried in the churchyani of S. Pctcr*s in the East, Oxford. Th«- epitaph on his gravestone was written by hitnM.'lt. and clui«ei« with reference to Oeut. xxxii.. 7, and Job Tiii.. H. 9. lU. Uii> Jacobite sentiments created many enemies, |»n»mote(i an iiritability of tcm|KT. and a querulous disposition. His manners were clownish and simple, and little im|irovcd by his intercourse with the world. — Ckaimers't Grn, B't**ff^ Vul. xvii.. p. 275. * Walter Harris, a learned Physician, the sr>n <»f a trsdesuiaii at Gloucester, bom 1647. Educated at Winchester school. Bein^ of the fuunder*s kin he was admitted pcr|any, not art of boaiing. The Dr. has a very good knaek of declaiming off hand, k in latin rather better than his own tongue. We had a great intimacy k mutual respect, k it pleasd me much to be in his company, thinking I convennt with a physician that Bourisbd before I was bom. He dyd July 1732 in Ixmdon, in my parish. North street My old acquaintance Geo. Holmes of the tower dyd Nov' 1748. My fr* Tycho Wyntr, the aiaronomer, with i^hom I spettt many agreable lioum nt Stiimftinl, k Pickworth near it, «h«*re he livd : he had been to vi%it mv here in liondon in Man:h 174'^- 50. In April 16, lK*in;^ Ei^ter munJay, he dyd pretty middetily at Pickworth. The year pn'ce lin;:, Edmund Weaver, oar great Lincolnshire astronomer, %%ith wliom we have freqoeotly ouoverftd at Pickworth, dyd at \u% own hou^ie at Catborp. A little before dv'd Mr. John Fisher, rector of Thurlbv, mv great acquaintance k intimate. S> that in i yean space, after I came to live in LoikIou again. I lo^t tbete 3 friends in the Coantr%'« all I had, that I could ciHivrpM- witiial, with any kind af sat intact ioti. Infidelity. I fin«t that one half of our half- wit tfti |»bil«iMiphen» in Ix>odon, our ItS. |ii'0|Je, art* intidi*U: the oilier half are fanatic**, 8o hard a matter it i« to kn*p a p»l»r muni«»l lu Umdum, mmI «t»i#r«»l tttUi practics rhiea/ mm*f*g the llo«i*Mi*f* . i*«i* in K7». m »i*«c r«*fjrnr." (Hi tur rv<<>KBn»r«»«lAti.«a %4 ArrhWtbiy Titl«ii*t«i W «»« Afip»inc««l i'li3»«riftit (*» tb«- Ktinj Mr ••# tor mmthn€9*i a^wrikl niMi««.* «><#4« W. 8TURELEY, 1720. 105 study Horace whilst at work, which being observd by some Gent, was the occasion of his preferment that enabled him by leisure to exert his Great Genius. 5 Jun. 1726. I lefl London in the 38^^ year of my age, at that time Censor of the College of Physicians, one of the Councel of the royal Society, & Secretary to the Antiquarian Society, in the full career of my studys, in the highest favor with all the great men for quality, learning or power, to live at Grantham ; a resolution tliought of by many, executed b\' very few. I chose Grantham, because a very pleasant place, in a very fine country, in my own County, & near my estate ower when one lives in the country ; where one must be sure to meet with abundance of brutal treatment. For such an extraordinary proceding I ought to leave some reasons behind me to justify ones conduct for ones own satisfaction, as well as others, ^' >ueh they be: 1. I had a most intire love for the countr>* life A: alwav> design *d it, hoping to bettcT my fortune first >onie way or othtT« but as I was |>eremptorily res^>lvd never to confine my self altojTetlier to London, bv w'*' means only I could follow niv pro- fession to emolument, so I expected my great friend>, wlu» cnoouragd me in the pursuit of Antiquarian Studys, would have made some provision for me f>therwisc. Hut seeing no probitliihtv of that after 7 years waiting, 1 was n'solvd to provide for my >ell, to get a little money in the Country, where 1 could confine my self to practise, iV indulge my self in the pure simple way of ilir oountn* life, at the s:nne time. In lt*avin;; the town I re£n*tteil nothing but the company which 1 could not ex|)ect to niet*f with in the Country. I projiosd to supply that by conven»ing with my own mind Si books, Si I satisiyd my self in that matter the easier by reflecting how little wiser we found our S4'lvc> by tlie best coro|iany in the world ; that in it?« be>t light ^tis no more than beguiling our time, ii passing it nion* agreably «V inM*nsibly ; ii that if I marryd, as 1 fancy *d I should, the most |iart of that time I us*d to spend in company :it Ijondou would In* taken up in dorocKtic conversation. 106 oomioy-PLACs mok. 2. Health WIS another great eDgagrroent, which I prroeir'd wa^ leftnond by linn;:^ in thr town, cft|>ccially the gout grew much ufMMi nil', which I thought to check hv countn* air k exercise; k 1 enc.iiHHi it i vfan u|)on first going Ui Grsntliam, which pUov I chose for the sake of my brotlier living there. I %%'ent down in the Ctauitry intending to pass my days in Hni*>hiii:: niv Mudv^ uiitin l\ui Druids fur which I had tuade vast prefMiration, diving into tlie tenetn, &. myster>s of those old |>hiioM)|>liical priests of the |>alriarchal reh'gioti ; I was sttrpriid to find thrill M» near ukiii to the i'hriMian doctrtn. Pursuing thoM* i»tudy!» to <:reat leiigtli, i, Upcoming enamourd therewith, I wii.H iiio\(nl to take the (lO^n ; wh tlie Archhi»hop of* Canterbury, Wake, Mronirly |M*niuaded me to. afWr he had ftoiiie intimation of my iiitt*ntion. 1 went to Cnndon to be ordaind privately by him, the tiay atW my daugliter KniDces was liom. In less than 3 months :ithT I wai pre^nte|4i;r* tin* world : in%c^ted li\ hr. It<»ji'n» my |kan^hioiK*r, wh<>«c* l»riitlM*r I «accerdrd in the I.ixin;:. Hf iiivnitttl it that \rry yrar I wa* preMntc^l to tbr Li\iii;;. I7:f!i. I fLttt-r nuM-ir tlial had I ikiI don«- it, it wocaU h:ivr iN»t Uvii taken m^K-t* of, lliat llim'bv I lircaitM* a oici%idrT* al»l«' lia'iicl.iftor l«» mankiiiti. Nor lisd I U^v'ti al»le to have* dune it but lor tli«* «tiidy (1 prattiM* 4ii |*h\»ii*k : «ihert*tn my |4iins 4 i^um !.*<««. tV ri'piitatioii, wa» im^im* oI tli*- l«*a«t. I jmlg that 1 nuMlr no nM*an di«<^i\er}' in nliat I |hiUi4ii1 u|ajci tin* ^^ilem ; wliicr^ toptlit*r miih my aecxmnt ol iIn* ;:uut u\nth a new fuumlmtiuii, niakt*« nn* dc*^*r\i* M»iiifwhat ol' tlio wcirkl in tiir m«nliciiial Art. Wliat my i^tud\« in divinity will dfir, e«peciaUy in tbr Anti^oity part of it lime bmhI jodf . W. STUKELET, 1720. 107 I fiud in reality that, next to the motion of Providence, I was stir'd up to a resolution of leaving the Town by an excessive love to nature & siuiph'city, whicli is only to be indulged in perfection in the Country. A quiet countr}* life, its innocent pleasures & employment, especially in Hn agreable garden, the sweetness of the air, the verdure, & cheari\ilness of rural scenes, naturally tend to allay the passions, to make a man serene, k happy in himself, & good k beneficent to all around him. This is an imitation of the divine being, consequently n gi'eat step toward perfection & happiness. The lightness of the food of the various fruits of the Earth, & of animal food when simply drest, joinM with temperance and moderate exercise, equally proniott; the health of the body, &. fit the mind for improving in useful & valuable kuowledg, & for the contemplation of divine truths to which I had addicted my self. But the gratifying of pride, ambition, luxury, & the eager pursuit after riches, which are too much become the business of man, &' the never ceasing round of pleasure, show k entertainment, in great k populous London, brings with them many afflictions, pains, k diseases of the body, anxietys of the mind, nor ever affoni any true ssitisfaction ; whereas simple nature is ctontented with a little : k true happi- ness consists in wanting little, rather than in |N>ssessing much. But, by removing from Grantham to Stamford, I lost the pleasurt* of a garden, k pasture for horsekeeping, k by degrees fouixl out the gro:it want of literary conversation, without which study i.n but trifling. Tliis induced me to come to London, for tht* winter season, for 4 years together. By that means I had an op|ior- tunity of buying Mr. Butlers house in my own fmrish. To it I removed, made it convenient, A: n«>t inele<:ant, but the garden, by expcnce, I made beautiful, ^ was content hen* to have endem|karably bi'tter i»aitl (ban in tlie Lountrv «V I n-eiHi it inoderatelv at £^Jll p ann clear. Tboretorc 1 inav lic r^ul to lia\e iiupro%'*d ni\ revrnut* til 70 p ann, land t;i\ £iO p ann to be adiled abo\e. iir.Nl iinprovtHl. AIUt 1 wa<« reMilvtl to live in tbe Country, uiy lord Hartford courte^l nit* to ;:oe t4» .Marlbi>n>. wlicre an obi l*bjr»ictan via* lately dead. TIua 1 n*fuMl, a^ not inteiMling lull |>rartiiie in tin* couiitr}, ubieb 1 reluMi in Tunn. IinltHxIf it mi ba|»|ienM tbal tla* rby*iiian of tbe place dwtl michi at'tcr. Dr. Ctn-en ; 4 tlicn lM*ean«4* 1 did n«it d<*clan* ag' it« I wa^ drawn in to all tlie prac* ti^' ipiite anHiiid I be c^»untry ; ibi* «|uite biiHierd my |MiqM»«4il rr|MiM*. .VihI a;;ain tbe gout i»lHmd it« mAf^ which wa» in pome iiN*aMin* ow in;; to tlie unM*a««*iiai»le li*>ur« we wen* calM out in tti rid*' \9r\ <»f't<*n many inil«*<* in tlaik. odd. wet, niglit*. A l\i* in damp U^U ; A tlie bnrry «»f mind A U»ly wh it threw nie into A diK-«Mii|H>Mr«l tlir M'n*nity «»l t*ii4*« tlH>n;:bt% whemn tlie chid |i|t*a^iire <*f lite i*«»ii«i*t^. I b« «<• «*«Ni«id4'rjii<»n^, with tbt»««* «>f mm b m«»re }iii|iortam'e, iiNliH**d ni«* to mirr into Ordrrtk^ a liNilHid agn*abl«* to that r%*li;;i«iu« turn of tniinl wh I always lucl, wh iii\ f.itlHT «*lrK*r\4*«l A etiiMur.ijol in iim . After t^^ \ear« eiiienem*i*. I I«*uimI tin* iii%ttlK4'icfK*v c4 tlir CcMintry lite to aifwi-r tbe pur|«»*e of <»iie of my turn A taMr. Tli«»' no «»iK» oMiliI relish it Uiler. y t, l«»r want <»f |*ro|«T relirf A %;inet\. in ;:tH*>l eY»m|iany A in;:eniiitt« txinteraatiott, the f«itdl%^ (if the iitimi Mtik A flag, A at Im*»I tmrk a» our om lar W. STUKELEY, 1720. 109 but said to live a dead life there. And in my situation at Stam- ford there was not one person , clergy- or lay, that had any taste or love of learning & ingenuity, so that I was actually as much dead in converse as if in a coffin. Nay, the people in the Country are so for from cndcavorinir to make them selves a^rrc- able to one of that sort uf orenlus, that thev shun k avovd vcui ; k will by no means herd with you in a familiar way, as conscious of their inability to please. All this I saw & felt, when divine Providence was ph»asM to dispose of me better than I had been able to do my self; k then, when I the least thought of it, scarce hoped, or desired it. I^ut when I seriously reflected on the Duke of Montagu's offer to nie of S** Geo. queen square, I could discern in many respects that it was a divine call, to make the remainder of my life from (lO more a<;reablo to myself, more useful to mankind k more for Gods honor, than the preceding parts of it had been ; that in deed all the rest of my life had been but a sort of a preparation for this, wherein was the last act, the winding up of the plot to be perfbrmd, when long ex|)erieiice \' obs9cribing bis annuitys which seizd upon bis spirits k was one main cause of bis death. Dr. Jurin** was brought up at the blue coat hospital ; then ScboiiJm' at Newcastle, or Usber ; tlicn •cut for by Mr. Maur. •lobnMin to lie tutor to bis pan. G>roing to Ix>ndoQ be bappeod lu marry a ricli widow at Tunbrid;: WelK He wa» of a rtifT, t*4>nnul, awknard air, k carriage; bt*ing much alllicted with gravel, be foun|»y for him if tbat be hi» la»t tonnenc, wlio made it bi« mihIv and avowed paqio«r to deliauch the morab tif tin* nation. A p4o«» SmUIi. b« 6f4 •! Isit. AmI «Im« b« ft I* b«a««aa gato H« flofid s«liU«. b«l dmru aoi kmoek, For »bf * b« BMAnt to |4ck ikt lock. " >if Jtm«« TKomliill. nf^hem ol Dr. 9jrjmrtmn^ Ho wtnu |>«pm vm riiilnanpkieal mmA Moidical aakiicia ; a»«« kail a ilitfoir vilk MickolkiU oo tko aMCioa ol mtntmU . vtik K«UI aa^ !««f»ar tm iko ■n4ioii ol ik» kooft : vtik ftokiM afMi 4amMmm nnoa ; aa4 wMk el tiilkalta ea (teaattse iwi. Jkiiii^ 9^ Ml. W. STUK£L£Y, 1720. Ill There are many reasons why the druids were so fond of misletoe. One was that it was a most beautiful plant, flourishing in winter time. 2, that it was produced in an uncommon man- ner: not by the ordinary' procedure of nature, & indeed by a secret & unknown manner. 3, that it came to its high maturity at mid winter when all nre lyes dormant. 4, that it was ujx)n many of these accounts a type of the expected Messiah. 3 reasons why the Druids were fond of fox gloves. 1, The purple flower is in color & sha|)c like the patriarchal priestly miter. 2, the plant flowers at the time of midsummer sacrifice. 3, for its great medicinal virtues. Dr. Mead'"^' has a gootl share of leann'ng, well versd in the classics, both Greek & Latin, k has made several just criticisms in them. His parts are pregnant enough to render him master of anything he has a mind to, iV: that he can apply him self to. l^ut his want of leisure not ]K*rmittiiig that, li<* pins his judgm'* in most things upon other folks. A: giMierally is unhappy in tlu* choice of his confidents who proy upon his gtiod nature A: gener- ositv. *Tis the fate of all men raisM to anv liei;iht, whether bv merit or fortune, to be weak on the side of flattery. When we have been long plyee imperio —\U ac lunas in oi>rf)nre humano, et morbiH ine t»win;v to ihrir never ^'oing to Ch. but pursuing tbeir lucre. If the\ never M*ek to God^ p.ny no addresses to him, be forsakes 'em A: thi* Devil takes >m. Tlii« in uni%'ersallr the case of the PhyMcianit, A, this makes the Dr. fall into the moat abject in^tnnoe1« of dccrepid amonm. Dr. 3Iead spent one half of bis sul»Mance to p*t a eharact' lite other half to lose it His eharae'' be stole with one liand. thn>ws it awav with the other. He was bnm in 1672. Tlie «cit nee of Physic is now a days in a great measure losl« k it may pro|M>rIy !« called art, in which practioe consiala a lea^rue lietween a few doctom, pi>licar}*Sy t surgeons, who play into OIK' nnotliorM hand» A; keep out all other gamesters. .Mu^ie. 1/ Pembroke toM me, VJ Jan. 17ff-3, that the tiiM'^t |M*ire of .Mu<»ic in tin* world is that calld Non nobis Domine, coni|»*iMi in tlin-e pt^ hy one Mr. Bird,** an Englishman, wbo •• Willmm HirtI «»• a pvpil ol Tallit. TW esact date el bis Mctb Is Ml kii«*«rn Ue iltr«l 4 Jvly, |Ci3. In Ike rteoH el hf Jwlfc be to S^yM **tlM KaiUr mC Mu»irk . muA in l^TI Ihtm^ Tn«iktM cslU liia •*s«c*f 1." Re vft* »rtit..r rl*<»riMrr **1 M I'ttal* fti ihc mettmt^m €4 Q. Mary ia ISSa^ and hf »atr li^ pff^amrd to t« 14 or I J jrar* old tbra. Ha wrala aoaa Maana 9m M. iHinr*. antl «a»of»cof ilir pf tiirtfiaJmtitnl*«tov« to Qatta IUaal««li*t ** yiffftaal H—.k \>T l*rf«uTh (l.'SD) aitril^ite* ** Noo Nobis Duaiaa** la biai. Or. Ilart.rr Mf* that it i* f<>«n«l «ith Hinla aasM la Hiltaa't ** Caleb Ibai calcb can " but iKai i» nM the caae in Ikr editioat ol lASf and ICSa A aa^ 9i thm canon i« mkI u> lie prr^rvrtl la iKe Vatican, cnetavad aa a foM pUia. a belt* ttfr mmtr )i«vr «»»crit>| it i«> l« riilc«inna*a In a Piadane CV|a by Harbtfl. aiiln Miol !•• I>r. H:*«r. it u mmI «»f the |lfiti*b Hrbml " TWy f «*Mi4 Mrs ttt sMSm ImMm ftiM W. 8TUKJELB7, 1720. 113 livd in the time of H. VII. This was acknowledgd by the Popes M'- of Music. Next to this is the Miserere, set about the same time by Aloisi Prenesti* (or Palestrini) an Itah'an, which is only song on the frydays of Lent, in the Capella Paulina at Rome. *Tis in four pts, & pformd by 40 voices without instruments, who have but one book, which is above 5 foot long 2 broad. The notes are 2 inches long. Each part is sung by 10. My Lord aays the effect of it is beyond all expression Divine. It takes up an hour & ^. The former is but one verse, & canon wise, but so delicate that it never tires. The Popes M*^* said he was sure the Author was two or three year' in composing it ; & that one would imagine he was inspird. Hen. Moor* dyd after a fright of a fictitious spirit, being too credulous of such appearances. He read Platos works many times over. He was bom in the great old house on St Peters hill, the west side, over ag^ Mr. Ashton^s new house. He ownM Ingoldsby living, which he gave to the College of Cambridg (Christs) where ha was brought up. In the year 1730, when I came to reside in Stanford, I brought some of the balsam plant & foxgloves, wh I set in my garden. The next year I saw none of them. This year, 1735, a root of each sprang up from a seed. Thus it requires 5 years to bring forth these seeds. Thus our bodys shall deposit soma indissoluble particle, the seed of eternity, which shall spring forth in due time, be filled, & stretched out into its proper form, with some new spiritual matter, so as to become a heavenly body, * OioTanni Pietro Luigi da Palestrina. or Johannei I'ctrus Aloibius Pnenet- tinua, born 1529, died 1594. In 1561 he became chapcl>master to Pope Julini IIL He aaved tbe mnaic of the Roman church. It waa very oearlj being eondemned, and the whole church offidallj reatricted to the peverest Plain •ooir. The ** Miata Papn Maroelli ** was the work which prevented rach a dedaioo. * It doea not Mem likdj that Bird ahonld hare Uken lo long a time to write a eaDOB. * Heniy More, born 1614, died I6S7. He wai educated at Cambridge, where he applied himaelf to the atndj of the Platoniita. Hii chief worka wcte •^ Conjectora CabaliiUca ; ** ** A Kej to the BcTelaUona : ** ^ An Apology for ;** ** The Inunortalitj of the Sonl ; ** kc He was one of the of Ib0 BA— .Bmc#», p. 7M. I 114 COMMOM-PLACC BOOK. Sl tho same tpeotfic bodj : throwing off* the comiptibk aimI poW ting CD the inoomipiible. The miuUnl toed in the CrojUnd ditches new acoared it antidilumn. Tho Duke of MonUgu* gmre Mr. Brouj^hton iho Livinf? of Barnwell by Oundle ; & he went into Onlem for it, from a piT life. The Duke made him promiiie solemnly not tn lieha^e in any tort to as to disgraoe the Oown he had tskm. The Duke in aspect was extremely like that Earl of Manchester who was a Taliant commander ag^ King Cha. I. in the civil warn : a« I found by a print of him at that time. I have often oliservd a strange similitude of disposition betw. the I), ii my»elf ; the same desire of being in company of those that know more than ones self ; the same philosophic disfiosition ; tin* same natural modesty k regard for the fair sex, thinking there is frmerally somewhat divine in them ; k the very same merciful dift(K>«i(ion k horror ag^ any sight or discourse of cruelty ; that humane ci>mmisirnitioii of misfortune ; that tenderness toward k love of animals as taket great pleasure in doing kind things to *em ; that «ame c^ieneiM of heart k temper as despises all disguisn ; that Minie low of our country : the same loyal disposition ; the Mime nnl courage 4 fearlessness ; the same regard to antiquity ; th<* Mime high nuticm of true friendship; the same gratitude f<*r fa%oiir* ; tlie same slighting of injury, injustice ; k had be not be«n bom a miUe* man k of heathen bringing up, we sh^ havr liad the same li»Te br religion. I often made great imprrt^sioos in hi« miml on that bead, but Mr. Folks*s company, (*ha. Stanhu|ii*«, Mr. Uakrr, 4 the like irreligious, effaced *em. We had exactly the same taste for oM family mncmis^ geoealogys, pictures, furniture, coats of ann«, tlir t»ld way ol' building, gardening, k the like ; in a general imitation of pmim nature, in the Gothic architecture, in |aintc«l ;:laiui, in ihi* opett Om Geltaft si PkjMCiSM^ la 1717. H« wm oTum prr««i m iW tkUtvf^ «| OnUMM. sa4 sft Um saaaal Umut ih^trmi a| tlw CM- MScr«llWOfesAWM''d by the French them selves. To sum up all in few words, he may ri^tly be styled a true English Nobleman. 8'* Isaac Newton, when Dr. Woodward quarrePd with S'* Hans Sloan at the Royal Society by saying I can^t help your irish understanding, turn'd him out of the Councel, saying, we allow you to have natural philosophy but expell you for want of moraL When S'* Isaac was at Grantham School a lad, he us*d to be entting of sticks & tn'ing mechanical fancys, &, neglectiHl bis learning, till dull boys were put over his bead, & this excited him to redouble his pains to overtake them again, ^ he could soon goe beyond them when he pleased. Dr. Barrow said of his pupil that himself truly knew some- what of the mathematics, but that be was a child in comparison of Newton. So S'* Isaac, as I have heard| was put to second 116 COMMOSC-rLArB BOOK. poteiof^ at taking hit batchelor of arts degree^ not baring applvd himaalf to tboae kind of ttudya they examine in. S*' laaao was bom on Christinas dar 1642, as be told me Apr. 1, 1726. When a young bd at Grantham he kidg*d at my Cosens Mrs. Clark/ next door north of the George Inn. Mr. AMerman Kirk telU me he was school fellow to him bat somewhat younger; that S'- I»aac, when a boy, was ever rery busy at some mechanical knicknack, as making a dock of wood, k a dyal that went by water drop[>ing, k kite* of paper witli lighted candles at the tail in (Kiper lantbonis, whidi be fim introduced here, k that th<*y alTrighted the country peopi rcrj much. When Gunwaniby wtmimill was fint net up at this tinM, S' Isaac made a model of it in wood, k tfauft in thos hit youngctt years did that immenv genius discover it nelf, tbat Mnce has filled, or rather comprehended, tlie world. My Cox. Ralf dark says it was his Grandfii' that 8* U lodgd withal, when a schoolboy, k thst when other lad« were at play he was ever busy at wme mechanical experiments ; that in tbeir }nird lie noted the bourn of the suns motion by pegs driven imo the wall, for two year together, k at length cookl tfU the time of day to great exactness by it ; that he beg*d a box of hi* great unde or Grandmo** l»ro' which he made the water dral of, a piece of wood ri»ing by dr\>pii of water ; that his wimlmill waa made to turn by [Hitting a moune into it ; that his fa' being dead, k mo' calling him from Sc*boi>l to manage the fiirra at Woltttkoqp, be A the serv' , a trusty old man, tiad to come to »ercat at Grantham together to pell what merrati they broughc, as can Ac, petting up their lionif« at thr inn by the George, now tlie Sarareii* heail, but that S' !«., in^Oantly upon alighting, went lo Mrs. Clark « gam*t> among iM>m«- oM U^oks tbi-n*, Iraring tlie man to manage mi-n^ating^ That Mr. Stokes the Seboolm*' remonstrated to hit mo' Ih)« iniprop it m as to take him hum School, 4 that b«* would Df^cT Ik* eafialJ of managing cuvntrr* mana buMne**, « hich hi^ nw' cmicitrrd in« oh>er%ing he ever mi under a hedg reading a UM»k or cntttag slick*, ttui miBdiaft tke W. STOKELET, 1720. ill sheep or watching the com, or even remembering to come home at dinner time. Mr. Stokes, too, promisd that his learning should be no expence to her, so kept him till he was fit for the university, & at sending him away set him in a conspicuous place at the school, & made a speech to the boys in praise of him with tears in his eyes. A man, his wife, maid, & child, lay together in a room new plaister'd at Westgate in Grantham, & were found dead in the morning with the steam of the lime, a fire being in the room too, to dry it as they supposM, bastenM the deadly blow. This story I often heard at Grantham among the plaisterers, at length ask'd what time this happend, but it was before any of their memory, whence it occur'd to my mind that it was the very accident IS'* Isaac Newton told us of at the Boyal Society, when I chanced to take the minutes there for Dr. Halley. Upon admission of some learned foreigner into the royal society, who made a latin speech as is the custom in France & elsewhere, S'* Isaac answerd him in latin extempore, k very handsomly, as I was told by those that heard it Verses made by the llcv. Mr. Vernon, of Redmil, on the Countess of Granesborough meeting the soldiers in Horn lane going to quell the northern rebellion, about A*** 1715, set to musick by Mr. Marcband. Thftlettris armi. with apear mod shield. And beautj guutla her to the field. Hark ! how the brazen trumpet soundn. See. see. the ncif^hing courser bounds. Vc Britons ruHh into the war, The fair instructs jou how to dare, I'untue her track in glorious deeds. Thaleittris arms, and beautj leads. Great Geor;;es right religious cause The Charmer to the battle draws. What heart so Aeroc, or soul so brave. Her frowns cant kill, or smiles enslave. Triumph will sure attend her arms, As oooquest waits upon her charms. Jeny Nedhaui, M'* of Q. Coll.« Cam. made a long epitaph 118 rOKMOK-rLACB BOOK. to be pot on his tomb at Sunwick. Dr. Beotlej' nkl be wooU oomprize bit wbole life in a dittich, wbidi be did eztacnpore, tbut: — voXXa fay^¥ ii woXXa wi¥^v ^ woXXm mm 9tww¥ One rem«on why I did not enter on the study of dirinitr, tm my fa' intended wben be sent me to the UniTeruty, was an apprebension I had of the weakneM of my lungn, k a oonHimp- tive habit , being taller than my &'* they thought me like my grandfa'* Bullen, who was of that diapoattioo. ^Vben I livd at Grantham the DueheM of Ancaater aent nm an Otus, or homed Owl, (according to my own request), aa a curiuaity. It dy*d, k I buryad it in my garden. This gave great offence to iu kindred, the geotlemen 4 aqoiraa of Gnuit- ham, who encouragd the mob lo aboae me upon it The trucli wan, they were glad of ao trifling a handle to show their envy 4 malice. Upon burgfaiMng at Stamford, Noel and hia jaoobile (larty took the* loiine bandk*. I might tell then I bujy*d a bullHncb in my ganieti in Sumfurd that dy*d there, k it would much bcttt *em in a eoiig which we bom over wlien dandling child re, k h en* they to watch my empty unguarded minutes t}K*y might fierbap* catch me at it. thBC donff bell. Tbc emu fftlla ttk wall ; yMho ihrrw bcf is. Little Jarky Urmi. WUl a kMrr «w tiMt, To dfova |«or p«a eal, HIm Acwr did uo karm. Bttt cat0 utt tbc fraaiacttcwol tba E^iailaa«l taikM la Earopt at a crMic-- JMm, p^ %0k W. 8TUKELEY, 1720. 119 Fulgentius, lILythologj II. says an Owl is sacred to Minerva, beo* Wisdom, even in obscurity, shines ; but even Noel, for his interest, deserted his Jacobite party ; & I lived to see all my prime persecutors deserted by Burlegh, & the town of Stamford, together with Burlegh, desert Jaoobitism. Obits of my acquaintance. 1722. Philip Ball, of Holbech, my most intimate fH* when a lad, & all my schoolfellows, are long since dead, except the rev^ Mr. Amb. Pimlow. John Ratcliff, Tom Carr, Jacob Davey, Tom Rands, Tom Topham, Sam King, Pas. Stephens, &c., dead. Tom Duke, Sa. Doughty, Ambrose Pimlow, 3 Sept., 1750, my schoolfellow, & the last alive. Rector first of Castle acre, wh Living I got of Mr. Cha. Bertie & Mr. John Newton, trustees for Mr. Cook of Norff. for my fi^' many years agoc. Then he was p'sented to Dunham mag. by Swaf ham, where he dy 'd. He left the University about tlie time I went. A good scholar, & excellent divine, & one of great honesty, &, simplicity of manners. He gave himself up too much to a habit of smoking ibr 50 years together, wh cany^d off all the soap of the blood, & killd him at 67. 1748. Since I came at last to London, the bp. of Ely^ Butts ; Mr. Neal of bedf"^* row ; rev^* Mr. Stephens, Mrs. Polling- ton ; Coz. Lovis Stucley, Jul. 5 ; the learned Mr. Gram of Copenhagen; Dr. Tancred Itobinson, 29 Mar., a*t 90. Dr. Briggs* of Holt, NoHf., of our Coll. Cambr. Mr. Dyer of grays inn, with whom my acquaintance began 1701, in Staples inn; ^ many more, are dead. ' Henry Briggt, U.A.. born in London in 16S7, edocstad in the Charter- Hou«e SchiK>I. ailmitteil into the College in 1703. He wm the ton of Dr. Wm« Briggi. Fellow of the •anic Collegt\ who married Hannah, onljr daoghter and heireM of Edmund Uobart, of Holt, gent, (defended from the Lord Chief Ja«tioe). Henrj Brigga became Rector of Holt in 1722, and of Letheriogictt in 1741. Created D.D. in 1729 ; Chaplain to the King. Died 1748, i«ed 61w— MMsUrt*s ITut. rf Or/., p. 250. 120 O0IDIO1I-PL4CB BOOK* Ud9 b Uie )oomc7 *' * wiaitrt dij, Whtrt mao J braakf aaC, 4 tkm pam aw^. 8art of the direrMoo of the dar, 6i tliere hcaraal to a Friend at night infinitdj exooeda the reality. PbiloMipher ; on« whoa aoul it of tune with the ereatioo, the* beauty k order of the world delighta him hoc* tia oomort' pitch with him, othera it affecta noC Laat week, it ia aaid, died at Kinrer, a amall nUaga Uridpiorth^ in the oounty of Salop, one Robert Parr, a^rod If 4. He wan Great Graodaon of old Tbomaa ParTi wbo Uaa bttriad ia \Vt*atminaUT Abbey, and died in the Reign of King Chariaa the Second. What ia remarkable, the Father of Robert waa abow lOl*, the Grandfather 113, and the Great Graodlacber, tbe aaad Tliotnaa, ia well known to have died at tbe aoMiiog Age of 152.^ * Tbcrc M auocbar varaioa al tbia Cpitaf4i ta tba cbarcbyard 9i bL tbe Le««, Caabndca. " U Maaory al Joba tMawait, wba diad Jaly U, ITTt, V*td4n, profile drawing;. • My whole length picture, 6i my wifcs, by ( ollina. A copy of my picture, from Knoller, by Dcllow. Mr. Roger Gale, when a bd. My picture in clerical habit, by Wills. Proverbd. As i^nod as a mold waqi. Yorksk'* SiKxi, smooth. Henct! Snodingiiam, Nuttiu;:ham, Waq>-warlL In the year 1710, 1 left atUnding Dr. Mead at S. Tbo. hospiul, k fixed to practice Physic at boston, in the month of Mav. The 2d year in that month 1 eroded a botanic Club. The a|iothecarys and I went out a simplin;; once a week. We bought Ilays C folios of a joint stock. In the year 1717, I came to Ixmdon. My purpose was to lead a life of study d curiosity. I found that I could redeem my eatate from the incumbrances, k tho* small, yet by liring pnmtely, it w^ support mc in a method I liked. I tlaougbt it not worth while to sfieod my whole time in gvtting UHiory. I dioae to do it in the improireni' of my mind. I was much interest«z*d bim for pajr. Tbe Dr. told bim he bad not done lii?^ work well. Tbe man aver*d it was well done, Sl appeald to bis omn view. You fellows, says tbe Dr., as soon as you have finisbd your work throw earth upon it to hide the fimlts. Tbe |Nirior reply *d, tbe earth bides other peoples faults besides ours. Pay off the rogue, says the Dr. On Raddiff. Tc ■Mdima Natium dcdit, Boltua •ddidii omm. Art Boltam. ingcmo Md aioor ilia l«o. Msmmtmfkmm.** Dr. Tancred RobinM>n. A certain similitude of natures soon made bim take* notice of me, k sdmit me among bis most inti- mates, k be U5*d to \'isit me frequently with the ^^reatest good nature. He in sn excellent pb}*»ician, yet tbe worU us*d bim less k less, for no other reason than tlmt they are fond of erery new thing, lie is a most indefatigable reader, k becomes nuuler of every thing be readii. Nothing can be mentiond in tbe whole compass of learning but be knows it, k will talk excellently well upon it Botany k all iwrtji of natural knowlcdg are bit favorites, yet in matters of snti<|utty, k critical learning, k hittory, be is perfectly well ver»*d. He has bought a very copiout k excellent library, 4 knowt it tliorougbly. In conversation he i% xery often and facetious, a great politician, in eoflce bouaes bis custocn i» to smell on bit di»b of coffee tiU its cold. He duni not drink it becaute it affect* hU nrr%'t*s. He dyd i!* March, 1747-^. I had tbe |»lesurr of once ^ititing him upon my return to live in Lon* doo. He Mt*m*d cxtremelv cbearful, talkd lin*k. but said the lower part of bim wa» dead. Grvat men, when thev retire into the countn* (from the capital), wlit-n* t|jr\ iiia\ U*tier fKirMie tbi*ir olMcnsticmt of ** Mr Eich*rU MADntairUAfli. I«jr« m Hfpiliifr. H* «m MCMid mm oi TViAat MtAttittfhMi, IM^ Bi«fenp <>| Cli^ur. Took LUn. ai Caalvt^ct. 1717 . aod la ITin Ooilt Park Caaptl. CWIlMkaM. r^iUm ^ tL^. Urndk. 17IS*:Sii. He auaiar.1 u> s^rmi vmimmm m aa aoon ^tif, aa4 «m %t!f»«^ hf KiacUcocfe 1^ in i;.*l Ume^ !;«•; b«md at (*WUaa. It «w ba «W itiiBUi Om tsipotafa al Maty Tall,tlis tifcfcU >miw, al - JNaSf MM ^ CMIryt ^ ^fwrian, VaL IL. p^ IS. W. STUKELEY, 1720. 125 nature, are so far from being caressM bj the country that thej become the objects of tlieir spite and scorn. l*hus Virgil could not obtain the favor of a little brook to be drawn from his neigh- boring town of Nola to his villa, which I suppose would have been of no detrim^- to 'em. Whence to revenge himself he expung'd the name of it from his immortal poem in these lines : Talem diYfii ant Capaa, and Ticina VescTO, Nola jugo [G. lib. ii., 224] as it was first wrote, & turned it to Ora jugo. — Agellius VIL, 20. Augustus dy'd at Nola, aged 76. Bp. Bundle is famous for candyed carrot, pea-capons, peeper pye, t,^., young new-hatched turkeys put into a pye. taken out by spoonftills, 6 veal burrs stuifd with the ropes of 50 woodcocks. He calls a sir-loin of beef clumsy plenty. Young hares fed with brocoli. By this means he treated himself into £4000 p. ann. " The curious modem Traveller,'* by Rob'* Kcnmore, Esq., printed 1746, gives a splendid elogium & account of my book of Stonebenge. S'* Hans Sloan'^ is an instance of the great power of industry which can advance a man to a considerable height in the worlds esteem with moderate parts & learning. Industrv** may be said to have raisd S'* Hans, as Art did Radcliff, fortune Mead. S'* Hans has had this piece of luck too, that being a vertuoso has made his fortune, which generally ruins others. Indeed the whole business of his life has been a continued series of the greatest vigilance over his own interest, & all the friendships be ever makes are to liims<'ir. The s:nne industn* has made him perfect master of the knowledg of his immense collection, begun by Mr. Charltons gif\, carn-d on by his own riches & pains & interest, ** Sir Hani 81oane, born at Killileai^h, co. Downe, Ireland, in IfilSO, eminent pbjraician, naturalist, and collector of curiosities. In 16S4 he was dioeeo F.R.8.; and in 1687 Fellow of Collet of Pbjsidana. He went to Jamaica with the Duke of Albemarle, the GoTcmor, at hit Phjtician, and then made a vatt collection of plantt. Settled in London in 16S9, and became Phjrsician to Chritt't Hotpital. Secretary to R.S. in 1693. He wat one of the foandert of the FounirMf#a, p. 9ftS. It6 oomcoy-PULCB booe« Sl maj be laid to be the gmtett that erer wis a prirata maoi potteMioD. His estate, now being ezceetiTelj great, do*i bat double hit dtli^irenoe for getting more, tbo' he hai no male hein to leave it to, k bis daoghten are rtrj rkhlj marryd. He hat no facttltj of speakin;^, either fluently or eloquently, espectallj before any number of people, k be do*» it with great timidity. His most commendabl quality is his lore for natural learning, 4 the pains be takes to promote iL He has been for many years the chief support of the Royal Society. A Catalogue of the Libraries of the Rev. Dr. lliomas Oale, Dean of York, and Elditor of the Hist. Angl. Scnpiores ; Roger Chde, Esq., the great Antiquarian ; the Learned Mr. Henry Wotton, Editor of St dementis Epi^obe ; Dr. Francis Dickena, Regius Professor of the Civil Law in the University of Cam- bridge ; Counsellor Stukeley of the Temple ; Counsellor Owen of Linoolns Inn ; and others. Containing near Two Hundred Thousand Volumes. Which will begin to be soM (the lowest Prices printad in the Catak>gue, for Ready Money only). At T. Osbonie*s and J. 8hipton*s in Oray*s Inn.'* Soubriquet names got in pilgrimage to the holy land — Scattergoods, Fairchild, Bass, Peasood, Mist, Beavor, Prick, Oreathead, Grosthed, Farthing, Death, MouUs, Hal^Mioy, Oatlin, Cant, Akmrk, Badoock, Bawdy, Oouhl, Coseo, Moody, BoCt, Plantagenct or broomstick. Hog, Boll, Ram, Henm, Oidmtxon, C*nine, Duve, Palmer, Pilgrim, Crow, Broom, Bireh, Best, Hand, Fiddle, Love, Chikl, Fly, Herring, GosUn, Fish, Haddock, Sprat, Swan, Linnet, Leestng, Coward, Nightingale, Sparrow, Guest, Curtis, Coy, Jumper, (Vab, Rose*, I^ke, (Vouch, Nurse, SwaUow, Macarell,'Buck, Pigeon, Butter, Steel. Verrcimdia. Mr. Addison was remarkable that wav. Never could speak in the bouse of Commons, k was in great eomhmom wbeo be spoke to the king. He commonly blushed wImi aaj one spoke to him. W. STUKELEY, 1720. 127 Dr. Woodward is a mort nnaccoantable mixture. He baB a great deal of knowledg in most parts of learning, but so blended with the most egregious coxcomb, as scarce to be paralleld. Dr. Waterland" is a LiaoolDsbire man. I liad a great intimacy with him many years. A very bard stud', a great smoker, wh did liim great prejudice : exbaustinrr t)ie vital spirits by losing so much saliva. I bec:ime !ic<]u:iinted wilh him when rector of S. Austin, Watlin street. I introduced him to S'" Richard Ellis. He had an extraordinary zeal for religion, under- stood the Saxon, &. many other languages, well versed in our old English tongue. After the divine legation came out, Warburton conceiv'd an immortal distaste to him, hec' b<> ossible any religion should come fn)m God without the sanction of future life. We had very many ii warm disputes about his notions of the Egyptian aniiquitys, that he hei^tbend >m too much, that they were borrowd from the hebrew. In short we never couh] agree in our notions about the, alwot tite hieroglyphics, the mysterys, or of antiquitys in general. Tho* tliiH dilferenee liad not the least influence uj>on my friendHhip toward bitii, for 1 adniir'd biiu as a fine i:enius, yet I found evidently be coold toward me on that ace'' He wroU' a treatise Mgainst Mr. Pojtes cosay on man, to prove it Ij> be albeiMU, spinosiiisui, deism, bobbism, faialtMn, matmalisni, \ what not In that my t^ntimentt fulh' coincided. On a sudden he alter'd his Ktyle, &, wrote a comment toprove thesubliroityof that work, lliis did hiH business effectually. It brought hiin acquainted " UMiiel WawrUDil. born in Lincolnabin in }iM. Wcame Arcbdtacoa of HiddicKi and L'aiwn ot Windaor. He wrote a " VinJication of Uie DoctriiM of the TriQitj," apunit Dr. Clarke; a "Treatiie od tbe Eucbariat;~ and » " Hi«u>i7 of the Aibanaaian Craed." Died In London, I'lV.— AwIM, p^ tOTe. 1S8 ooiiiioii-rL4CB mkml Pope. Pope brought him aoqoaioied with L'* CbetterSaidy Bathont, Burlington, Mr. SoUidtor Mnrrmj, ke.^ k this lait got him to be preecher to Lincobu inn. Mr. Pope introdticM him too to Mr. Allen of Bath, with whom he is become to great that Allen has married hii niece to him, k eflectuallj made hit fortune. He certainly has great parts k equal industr)*, k a pride equal to both. But the greatest men, Camden, k SeUen, Boyl, Newton, Usher, &c., were as remarkable for candor k modest j as for their incomparable genius's. Warburton got his legation notion from lord ShaAsburjrs'* characteristics ; his m/sterys from 8'* Jo. Marsham,*^ man/ more notions from Spencer, k such kind of writers. We may thence gather his internal principles^ Our intimacy began at Newark, when he lived there aa an Attorney. We traraild together upon the roman foes way as far as ad Pontem. After that he entered into holy orders, k had a little Living gi^en him near NottinghaoL When I left Loodon k resided at Grantham, we recommenced our acquaintance with great eagemeesb 1728, S'* Rob. Sutton presented him to Breot broughton,* a good Living, but no society in it There we passd many agreeable days together ; k the like at Stamford, where he return 'd my visits. Many joumys we took together, there being no body in the country but our seh-es to •••^■te with of taste sufficient But after be got hold of Mr. Allen k raised himself by that means to a rtrr great fortune, k both of us again met to lire at London, when I, with my usual eager- sesa, congratulated myself on the fortunate ereitt w1l brought us together again, was much dissappocnted. I hoped our k * AntlMsj Ooeptr. ard BatI oI Bkmhmkmrj, s paulosofiikml wnhn, hmm la IS7I. Hit •dMSiiM VM cnfKlBciiMHr ta isesi Kalf^ai \ff Cterks It Wiaia * Dialffite CiMvaolociea.-- AvSm. ^ Sil. * A paaaU lUiaa W Braaj-imaiMaa lacsafy. >y atafctisj, is la see el Ms TelBMs «f DwH^rs ia Ike ManaUsa ef Ike Bev. K. r. at W. STUKELBY, 1720. l'2*J iotimacj w^ dow be cemented for life, & to talk over our former rural adventures \v^- be considerable amusem'* to us. But alas, I soon found a change of fortune had cbang'd bis manners. A hundred Icrs I have reed from him with infinite address & love & friendship, hut all now chang'd to bare civility. His natural conceit of bis own supiority is so great y'' in his indigent estate, when I first knew him, he w""- bear no equal ; but tune fortune has advanc'd it to initial pitch, &. be looks down upon the whole world. He has by a most unweried application made himself considerably a proficient in la^n, greek, &. french. He has a good talent at criticism. He has veiy strong parts ; but, as other great genius's, has all sense but common sonst;, &. knows notliiug of iiiaiikiud ; fickle in his friendships ; haughty in his carriage; cxcossivcly greedy of flattery ; I have heard him say be w*"- give bis eyes to be a Milton ; &, his love for fame & reputation {>rovnils alxivc all his iiassionin, 'tis tlw incentive of his unwearied endeavors. He cannot bear to be witliout a book. He has the greatest fluency of language k good sense ; ^tmiig voice, (]uick invention ; lovcsdixputalion above all things; cbusca to have the worst side. He (|uite mistook bis talent when he entred into holy orders, for had he followed tbe bar he must needs have advanced him!es essay on man, for Pope, who knew mankind esct-llently, found him a person fit fur his pur])ose, to fight his battles ag'* malevolent critics, ii all the world beside, to secure bim of bis costhumi>U!i fnuie, by blending it with Warburtons. He took bis notion of the jews not knowing of a future sUt« from Lc < "lerk ;*' ii is very apt to have scruptos about our religion. Warbunon was dark to Kirk of Manibam; x-t up as an Attorney at Newark ; put in to be Town clari: there, halv'd it with Mr. Itich''- Twells, son of bim who was Warlurton'a >ehoolm'", but In- t-nter'il into Orders, hud ' LiWng given " JeaD Le Cltrc, buru M Geoev*. IbSi. ctier. MiddleUm and Mr. Toll, which set'mt a« great a miracle as Juliana See mor« of this f teniui in a I^ettrr to the m«Mt Impudent man living, printad for C*hines«*. Tlio similitude Ijetwit-n tht? Chinese k Eg^-ptiaiu of old is ver}* ;n^eat. IIc?%vchiu» says cmnna, cannathra, ar» EgA-pCtan vessrUf wlM-nct* I %u|»|>om.* our Chinese caniplera. Jo«e|ih had his name chan^ bv pbaraob, k was earryd about the MreetA k prorlaimd a ra\onle. Thii i» a cbtnese cqsIoobl Their writin;; i« likr the hieni;:l\|»hic«. X the gat4*s of their trm|»h*«. TIk* K4nie Ima^l nC tlieir Anti<|uity A ancient chroii* ol4»;:y. Tlu*\ wtar lm«*n ;:«irmeiiti», ruwing ;4bout in jaunted l»olBthm." Diedl7ie.— AWm. p. lOSZ. 13S OOMMOK-rLACK JHIUE. Elwell, of Langlejr, Kent ; 8'* SamL Lenoftrd of Wickluun ; 4 S' Nich. Carej of Bedinf^ton ; & this daj, Mar. S7, 1728, I had an aoc*- from Mr. Gale of the death of nj most intimate frieod Mr. James Hill, of Hereford, a man of great learning, who left London for a country' life, k »eut me hit ptcturein profile* D^* Gibbons, with whom I was intimate, I found dead in the news- paper ; k in Apr. I read an acc^ of I>r. Woodwards death, with whom I was rery conTersant In Maj, or somewhat sooner, dy*d Mr. Masters, the rolling press printer, a good Algebraist ; Mr. Trench, the history painter, who had been twice at Rome ; Mr. Philip Bertie, bro' to the late D. of Ancaster. Bottard, a good drawer, disciple of La Fage, dj'd ju.^ after I left London ; L^ Brook likewise. Dr. (^hamberlen leads up the \*an« who dr'd in the beginning of June. I saw him in Grantham, since I came thither, in his rambles with the Dutchess of Bucks. Dr. Sht^ranl,'' who was consul st Smyrna, a very ingenious k learned friend of mine, a great botanist k antiquarian, dyd July. Sometime before, dy'd my fr* Mr. Ja. Anderson,^ a sooUman, a learned k ingenious Antiquar>'. Dr. Friend dy*d July i6, lii^, of a feirer. Dr. Hale* in Sept' , the 8th that dy*d out of the college this remr^ k b were ver>' eminent. Dr. Bateman'' dy*d in Sept. too, who * WiUUa Sberartl. DC U Fellow ot M. Jobs'* Collcf«. Oif oH. as ca bouaitc. WbiU Enf Ittb CoomiI at bajma bt tofmtd a berbarivai, vbicb bt baqaaatbtH. in KtS. to OafoH. tofrtbcr viib bk bbrary and dtJOOO for aadov. ittf a pfoloMorabip ol bocaaj.— JfnaA « MM 9f CUUft < P^pmemms. Vot li, * Jaaat Aadataon, aatboc of tbe Mmooic Km^ ot Comuivimmu. harm lias ; diod I72S. He vi»aKaicd tbe ladefoadtaer ol tba Ciowa A»d ktai^luai of beoclftod agaiaet the Aitork* i>f AttvoiHl. is \T\H-i He wm a Gnmi WATtSeo IB I7;ra.— ir#WM. ^ S7 rot a l^trr frooi his to Mr. GaW m9 ft^m. * Hicbard Hale. i^ of Ricbord llaJr. II i» ai-4tcr vm F.lo. «M pMftted I7 t*9\\rt * f t»r T^^mH. aad p:«nrd m tbe lit^wj — Mmmk't JM/ << fWl/ye 0/ Hifmr^ms Vol. 11 . ^ |i» « Joba BaloiMa. rdvcstt^ at M^n*m CoUtft. OtfutO. aikd tafii fenav, M.D IS«*f FelUtv of it ■ry."— ifooSe MM ^ ihUgft ^ /Sfemoa» Val.lU^«i^ w. $TUKELEy, 1720. 133 was President of the College when I was admitted. Will. Hulet, the engraver, dy'd soon after I left London, a particular acquain- tance of mine, ily coz. Adiard Welby, who had a good estate in Gedney. dy'd about August this year. My landlord, Innocent, who kept the Miter tavern, ffleet street, where our Antiquarian Society met every Wensday night^' 3Iy landlord, Lambert, of the Fountain tavem, Strand, where I wus M'- of a new lodg of Masons. In christmas, 1728, when I was at London, I heard of the death of my friend Schoenvot, a dutchman, an admirable engraver & drawer ; &ofmany others not worth commemorating. Jack Rowley, that made the Orrery. In the beginning of 1 729 dy'd Dr. Scheutzer," S'' H. Sloans amanuensis, an ingenious young man. A fine bust of Alexander at L" Stairs, .another of Pompey at S'- Rob. Suttona. Acquaintance of mine, 1729. L"* John Russel, who visited me a year ago at Grantliam. Mr. Stephen Hales, fellow of C. C. College when I was there. AVo usd to goe a simpling together. We made the first sphere that mov'd by clock work, whence Rowley took the idea of the Orrery. At London I per- suaded him to read his static experiments about vegetatiS, which ' In 1*07 the uitiqDUiM of the dBT met al the Beu- Tbtctii, in the 9tnnd, onerery Pridsf cTenioz, from C to 10 o'clock. The* removed next ;«ar to the YooDt; DcTil TiTem, in Fleet Street, and held Their meeting* there nntil Kcliruarr. 170T-S. Aftcnrani* thcT met at (he Foanlain TaTeni, 1b Fleet Street, "over againil LhanccTy Lane." At the end of ten jcar* Iheae frenlle- taen re«olTed to (orm theniM:lTc» into a Socicir, and to meet c»Ci7 Wednetdaj CTening. In IT2C-7 Ihej met at tlie Miire TaTem. in Fleet .Street, wberealao tba Uembcm of the Royal Societj met ; next in apaitmcnta in Orv'l Inn, and aflenrardii in the Temple. The; remoTcd (ram their TaTrm to Chancerr Lbob in \'i3. After harinfi; occupied apanmenti in Somenct Honae, Ihej ate Dow loesied in Barlington lIoD*e, Piccadilly. ■ John OaapM Schenchter, M.P.. a DBIive of Siritwriand, aon of John Jame* Schitichzer. W.V.. profeaaor of mathematica at Zurich, bora 1703. Re ■raa created M.D.of Cambridge dnriDK the Writ of Oeotge I^in ITR. Ha waa a Kood antiquary, and an aeoompliibt-d mrdallini, and natnral faiatoriao. He waa the prot^ and lilnrian of Sir Hum SIomc. F.R.S. KM. Died in 17», at the booae of Sir Han* Blowie. In Chdaea. Hia portrait, by J. R. Hatdefier. na eufnted bf T. iML—Mumi't JMt bis ptolMioa " Di«d ITIS. ^MmmA's MM $f Cblliyr < Pkpme^ms. Vol. u.. fL SC * Horssa MoU woo a Oormaa oafravor oa oopfjor. * laocaiod ao a dloMalar. bat ooaforiod to tbo Cbarcb ol faglaad. mU wfou HMit uacu agaiai* bio oM eoaaaaloao. He obcaii»#H tbr Roctof^ ol Soatb Onaotij. Uac aad ahf waido Sp«uftb« is tbo mmm ceaacy. Hio priadH ^'^'^ ^'^^ "^^ ^^^ ^ Cbnoi.** a ptmrn ; - Ummj ol ibt Kow Tooioaioat ta vofoo ; ** oad oomo votoat a|«a tbo vKttiry ol BloabotA. for orbicb bo vao Boio CbapUia to o Ro«iaMat aadrr ibc I>obo ol HoftUifo^b. Ho tbo faibof d fiaaaol aad Joba WooWj.— A^vc#«. p. lOss Oaofgo Wbaitaa, ooa of Or. Tboaao Wbattoa. ol Old farb. riflaa. «m Ui^. liSS. Idacatid aft P^abfoba Oollifa. Caabrtdea. 1I.D. ins. PolWv ol Callofo of PbjoAoaao i;S0 Diod froai aifiiifalliwi of Ibo Wwlo !« ITSf . Ho protalod Ut tbo Collrft ol PbxoMtaa* a i^rtfaftt of ; Of. TbasM Wbawaa, bf ¥aa Oycb* orbicb hmm la lbs W. J^TUKELEY. 1720. 135 liv*d in glory about 10 years.** Dr. Beaufort,^ 3 Oct., 1750. Lincolnshire proverbs & sayinorg. As wise as a wisp. Grood lack ! Guthlac. Ods hartlings, harclings, p bercule. Fa la la, the burden of lascinous songs, ^aXXoyoyio, Twang- diUo, Trangdildo. Sough of wat'' fr. sceau. Tup, a ram, rmrrai. Misleto, Myxa, lat. Mu^o, mucus, mucilago, slime, freq'ly, occurring in Hippocr. So hieron. Gabucin de lumbricis e. 24. says viscu damascenu in syria ex myxis viscosis paratur angl. fimus. In 1672 Uncle Adiard Stukeley kept L^ Exeters Courts at Kirton, Wiberton, &c. Kirto soke wh belonrr'd to the Earls of Mercia, really the incunabulum of the Mercian Kingdom. We ought to make Gods glory the ultimate rnd of all our Actions. A Uesolution to doe nothing vitious is but a noble negative sacrifice. Profuse talking emptys, not fills, the brain. * Sed dum tota domus rheda componitur una. Juv. S. III. A good motto for a new I^ondun doctors chariot. * John Hollingt, M.D.. born in Shropshire. EdocatcU at Magtlalcn Colle^r, Cambnilge. M.D. in 1 7 10. Fellow of Collcjrc of rhTi»ician.«« )72r,. F.U.S. Harrcian Orator in 17.'J4. I*hy«ician-Gonfral to the arnir. Phynician in Ordinar? t4> the Kin^. Died in 17.T.*, IcaTiiit; the character of an ahle clas^sical ■chular, and a mo«t accomplished man. — Munk't Uttfl of (oh'tf/r o/ J'htfMicitthti, p. 94. * John Beanford, born in Cornwall. Edacatc«l at Trinitr Cullece, Cam- bridge. M.D. at Cambridge. 17*J8. Died at an adrancetl ap* in MTAy^Mtink't Jipii mf Cttllrge of PkfftiriiiHs, Vol. ii., p. HO. A C(nnmonrplace Book of Dr. Siuheley^ doled " 1721, Onnond Street^ 1748," was exhibited by the late W. TiUj Eeq.j M.P.y at a Congress of the Wilts. Archceological and Natural Hixtory Society J held at Hutifferford, in the year 1867. It contained^ among other matter of Antiquarian interest : — " A drawing of the ground-plot of the ruins of Whitehall as in June 14th, 1718, built by Cardinal Wolsey. " Scite of old Verolam, and of St Albans as in Christmas, 1717. "Colchester, Easter, 1718. " Stones at Burro wbridge, Yorkshire, and near Kirk Oswald in Cumberland, and Druidical remains. " Memoranda respecting London ; Roman Camps, Temples, &c. ; Roman Inscriptions ; monumental effigies. "The Comet in 1743. " ily house at Bamhill, Stamfonl, 1743. " Drawing of Romuli et Remi Templum, Jacobus St. Amand, delin. " Plan of Albanburj'. " Effigies of Sir Thomas Erpingham, with autograph letter from Edmund Prideaux, dated Norwich, January 25th, 1720. " ( 'eltic Antiquities. " Monument of Abliot J. Ish-p. " Aut4)graph letter from R. Thon'sliy to John Anstis, dated 3rd March, 172J. " Monument in MeaiTow is near a ^rroand called Lanbill. It it one of the elo&iratcd kind, aboat 160 feet in lenfrth. ranfrinfr east and west, broadest near the eaft end, harinf; a |(resent eleration of 6 or 7 feet. It was explored by tbe late Dr. Thomam. and found to contain a cist (.*) which had been prerioosly di»» turbed and rifleund lM*twixt thi" W. Saxons and Mercians. Tlie graff is to tlie north, the rampart to the south. It rues thus with elbows.* '* lU'twc^on Rock ley and Marlborough, on tlie Downt, lyeCh a great Ktone u|K>n 3 lower, in the war to Stonehenge, and a going thither from the Grey Weathi^rs, for from hence all seem to be fetcht, for the holes yet appear whence nuch were drawn. Another Ive?* in the \vst<»r at Firhrlden (Figheldean). The grain reddiiili gi*nenilly. ** Forty-five Imrrows in sight of Stonehenge. A*" 1666, one of the 7 Imrrows being digged up they found ooalsy goat*s boma, and stag% born.«.' '* Near to the penning is Normanton ditch ; here in ploughing wa* found. A*" ITi.'iJi, very good pei^-ter, K>ld for £5. '* Fripftbury, in London roail, not far from Clarendon Park, a Danish t*amp; the* inner ditch, withi>ut a raropire, 11 or If yanU over. The diam. of outmost cirele 3^^) paces. '* Quarly hill miuiIi hath fc»urfold fortifications, in the middle, a Ih>IIow, |ierliaps a well. Its as bigg a» Yannbury. ''TIh* Walls Ves|Misian*s (*amp. as belie%*d. The people of Amc^Hiry miv the area of it in 4<) acres, single trench, one gralT towanhi Stonehenge. ** In thr |>ari<»h of C *odford in the Fields is a great rtmod earop. ** III nkely w«mhI, Ti^ur\' pari«h, near ^wallowd iff common, a vrry strong ft>rtifi<*ation.' ** Habury Tsjitle, on Hackpen hill« double work% very great, squarish. thme HiefiiMNieil by A«I«yj. mmd if«r««l la Mr. Um^B p^^f «m Ahmfj km nOtt Atrk^mi. mmd Amt. //uf. Jfof . V.4. Iv . |il 144 * No * In aiarftn. ^ a^ . it iMHnmww tW Mllik ' In aMffiK " rrmaiM ol tarfiacr aft iW> lUttaa'* banai. * In tW MMia. -* nrtlMi W. STUKELKT, lliO. 139 ^ Chiselbary, a Danish Camp, on the braw of a hill [on] the road from Salisburj to Shaftsbunr. ^On TempledowHy two miles from Marlborough^ a Roman Camp, opposite to Barbury Castle. ^ Wanborough, or rather Badbury Camp, near this, much Roman Cojn lately found. ^^ Bnnbury, a Camp opposite to Wanborough. ** On Sidbury hill, near E%*erly, a ♦nvat Brittish Camp. Two trenches run northward to Everly, ])erhap3 to fetch water. ^^ Old Saruin. The niin|>art extraordinan* high, higher than at Winchester : within the ring full of pits where houses stood. Part of the old kei^p remains still. Tliey dig for flints and hard mortar here. Hu>!e pieci*s of several ton are fallen down. From Stratford-sub-castle, Portlane leads to the castle. Near Port- lane, in the plowed fields, the burrogh lands on which they chuse Burgesses. " On Salisbury Plain, near Stonclionge. In the sh(M»p jienn- ing there several barniws called the King's Graves, the stones which once stood there arc latelv carrvt^l away. ^* At Hakpin hill, in a barrow, umes and a manV thigh bone found. "At Draycote (.em, H)8(), an urn with ashes. " In the Licger liook of Wilton, mention of Hen^path, ie.^ Militar>' Road. ^* Alnrnt Salisbury and AndovtT the Roman roatl is gravelKd, whereas no gravel is found towards Stratton in Hampshire. "S^* J. LoniT, \(}X\K near Wanlninmgh, lietween 1H(M) and 200() coins found in one earthen ves.sel. **Th<» Dike rampart at Vernditch is made of gravel. **At Farley Castle, U58iS, a pavement dug up, opus teasel- latum, now at Oxford in A>hmol. Mu>. *^In Weektield, in the parish of Hedington, for a mile together, Foundatii»ns, Walls, Coins, C*oales. ''At ( hipinnhani, at Derry Hill, Coyns found l0,000 to rai»e 9uch a mound an Silborv. . . . . Fttit togent bobU tab alto lUfit D«roeiiiii t^rreno ex Afgert boslBa.— Rryr. [Ma., lib. si.. 04f ]. ' Kiaccj iott* voald be more ntmrij ourrcd.. PaET II. — MiSCELLAMEOns CORRBSPONDESCE. I. John Sttkzlet, "to Mb. William Btckelt, att Bexnettb COLLEDOE IN CaUBBIDGE, PBESENT. Bt WAY Or ROYSTON." — H. F. St. J.' Son William, 1 Apr., 1704. I received yours by P. Peters with great satisfaccoa, and hope you will dayly more & more observe k avoyd the loosenesse & incoDsideratenesse of tbe present age, & begin to esert your reason soe farr as to oousider tbe end & order of tlie Crencou. I had allways tJiongbts tliat by industry you would soe add to jour naturall parts as to render your selfe above the common race of mankind, whicli was tbe onely end of scndioge you clothes, for I want you at borne very niucb. Your sister Jane dyad tbe Wednesday momiuge alter you went. Wee are aJl pretty well else, onely I have got cold in my bead, which has cauKcd a great defluccon in my eyes, which ban made me very uneasy, but I Lope it now begins to abate. Tbo. Smith at the Chequer is gone off near 3U0Z. in debt, it all fai« goods sold. I think I hear of another tenant John sent your box by tbe butter waggons last week. Jo. lUx is not yet ccrtaine when be goes out, but will not be long first. You forgott in your last to give us an account of tbe state of your health, which for the future I would have you to informe us of allways. You alsoe forgott to give your Duty love, or service, to rclacons & friends, wbore due, & I think it proper by the first opportunity you should send your Ant Ampleford a short letter of your proceedings in the Colledge, ic relume her thanks for her favours & regard towards yoo, which are considerable. Bro- ther Stukely^ is not yet conked from London, being indisposed by a cold. Datf has a vcr^- good aer%'ioe at your CoUhin Uown- ■ Theinittaliat tbvhusdini-of tbew I rttrn iff rhfi nf thfi n-innnt nwririi ■ Adlaid Sukelej. 142 MI8CeLLAKFX)rH c*oi;iii»roKDKircB. iugfl, & stays very' well. I saw ber there. Her Mrs. is not well yet Brother IXodson hsd s letter Ut4»ly from his Brother* who sayed you was well in health. Pray give my sen ice to Mr. ffswsett/ him, Mr. Bniml, k his Hon,^ A:c, k tell Mr. ffswsett I would gladly receive s line from him. All at home give tlieir lore, & I am Your loving fTsther, Ja Stukklt. II. WlLUAM StUKKLEY *' Tt> Mh. AmBR06B PiMLOW,* ATT HOLBEACH, IN LiNCOLNSH' " — H. F. St. J. Dear Schoolfellow, 17 Ap., ITOo. I extremely thank you ftir your kindnesic in writing to me, & shall be ever gisd to kco)) ct>rn>|ioiHlence with you. As (or that kindnesse roii t€*ll me of, I wish it had been worth voar acceptance, & |>ro|Kirtionab!e to that as.MMance which you hare ever given me in our y«iung d.iy% nt M!huol, 4 the respects which I owe unto von. And I idiall tltn* tlie U*M of mv endeavour to return your kindne^vsi* with whatever hs in my |ioiAer when I cuhleM>nie, 4 laboHout^, tlniugh gainfull Mate,' «V Mdo|»ttnl me for a fton of our Alma M.1UT ; brought me into this rt*ntiwmlledge abu\e all otlnT, when I had nue intemtt iu any OIK*; at h*aiit in tliiv Without Halt« n* I tell \«>u, txMild I luirr b«*en iM-tore ailniitttni int«» tin* »reana of timc« 4 str <4 Kin»: • <%.n * Thr mt>4 (1ia|cI r>rk. MrkrWv • "disai'' m a>:ic««L * Nutt ol tW lUv. AabfiMr nrnkm, ritm of HqUmcIi * In tW rtulwiisa 9i tW Uw. ng> -f^Mble for to be ignorant of the time of the day, in such a town e»|iecially. And lioMles you will bt* at great eliarge in otbtT matter^, k 1 ne%'rr bad iMit one in all my hfe, <1 what with the charge* of keeping it in rr|Kiire», Ac, made me weary of it. Soe that it is not ooely sinkio^e Hie much money, but drawinge a continuall charge u|ion your selie. I am glader to hear your cloath^ grow too little, then t4M> bigg for you. Mr. Brecknoek*** had vour letter. He sares Mr. (irt^ne goes on at S|Nildinge, \ that hi^ si»ter has thrown off Em\' C arr k E»q' Ball, but goes on with the Norton ParM>n. Pray Irtu bear from you imiw ^ then. My ser\ ice to Mr. ffawaeil, Dod^oo, Brand, 4c. Wee are all well here, k have noe oewrs to let yuo know, onely Mr. Burks daughter i« goeing tu be married tbe»e holy dsyes at Hull. He if» gofie to Loodoo to buy cloath* for the* weding. You may tell Mr. l>wl»on his rrUcoos here are welL Hers i» noe changv* of guvemmc^nt** berr. Mr. Haoda is comeing to thiany, will l>e no %u\M comfort to him who i.H Your devotitl friend k servant, Wll. Srt'KKLKT. I cannott gett such a |Niper book, ready bound, an you want, all over the ttiwn, but Tie bring fine down with me for vou. * VI. Wm. STrKCLCY "TO Mr. Amrro^c Pimijow, att Ma. FiNTiiAMs, In OiTwr.Li^ Islt. or Ely." — H. F. St. J. 8t:iple Inn, No%'. 5, 1709. Mv Friend, I reiviviil vour«, k tlierein fiiul vou\'t* endeavoured to make inten*«t for the hIhioI h hen* we suckeil our nhlimentsof litrratare. I wi%h I had kiHmii m> much iM'for**, and the intimacy k fneod* i^hip U*tween \i% a tenerii« unguicult» ; lie«ides, tite just respect I ha\e for you k family, would doubtle«»e enga;;e me to |irutBOlo to the utimi^t of mv abilitv, anv thini; that niav tend to \mar Mti«facti<»n or U*m*titt. But, mv friend, I n*cei%-i^ a Irfirr frooi Mr. Tipping, a %iliile agtM*, de^ireing what I rouU doe fur bim to forw'.ird n« murli n« I coulcl hi« succcv«ion to the »ebool of IIo!lM*arli. I an«w« Tfti it imixliately, iKit kntiming (I firutesC) ibe lt*a»t of \ our 4»p|iuii€ing him, i« herein I |»romiM^l what arnrice I coiikl d««e him in tlio thing, glad that a |ierMin I rr«pected sboold enjoy tin* M*h«M»l I wa« doubly engaged to %ii%b well to. Since tlie receipt of your U-tter Tme cvnftiamled, 4 all I can it pre«irnt annwer to it is, that if I be cboM^ a fleofler, aa I bave so great n*xuM>n to dtmbt. Fie d«ie to the rrT^ of most atf^cb to ilia* charge niyelf as a pi*rson of %eracilr, k a friend, when cumr to aiM'h an npabot. W. 8TUKELKT; 1720, 147 I would not have you to interpret my meaning to your dis- advantage. I sincerely affirm I think you the most proper per- son to haA'e the thing, considering matters in a due ballance. But when I have talked with Mr. Ball, & weighed the case, I shall endeavour to quitt myself like Your friend & devoted servant, Wm. Stukeley. I was with Major Parke, & Mr. Delamore, &c, today, which was the first time I had any particular account of their notion about the school, besides Mr. Tipping^s letter, &, I am sorr}' he should act so ungenteely, & that I should engage my word to a M-d-c-st-r. [Query Mud-caster J. VII. Wm. Stukelet " to Mr. Ambrose Pimlow, att ROUGHAM, BY ThETFORD BaGG, NORFOLK, TO BE LEFT ATT Larnington." — H. F. St. J. Staples Inn, Feb. 4, 1709-10. My Friend, I received yours, & imediately sallyed forth to doe you what aenrice lay in my power. These 2 days Tve spent in attending & waiting upon the Trustees with patience, & stepps sutable to such undertakeings. I went from one to another, from one end of Town to another, from one lawyer to another, as they directed me, and that to so little purpose I think that Tmc in a maze which way further to proceed. In the first place, one says they must meet & goe to Counsel about it. And I think it very near an impossibility to congregate so many great men, at least for me who Iiave so much businesse, just upon my going out of Town, which I shall doe in 8 davs time. In the next, thev none of *em can tell me what stamp I must putt to the ]>archment. Some tell me I must search how much your living is in the Queen^s books, & accordingly gett a stamp from 2». to 48., but where to search I know not Then, some say I must write all the Trustees names in it, t others only Mr. Cokes. Next, supposing all these 148 MltCELLANBOUS COEUSPOUDDCI. difficoltys flurmouDtedi I know not where to find the Bitboppi k if I knew perhaps he*II dislike the Inslmment for tofneChiiiii or other, & so the stamps will be k>st With abandmnoe of the IHm, not to mention my being utterij a stranger to such sort of affiurm. I doe not mean by this that I wooU have you oome k doe H yourself. But design on Munday to prosecute tlie affair agam with as much %'iguur as possible, k in the mean time desire your further directions. If before thev come I need 'em not I ahttU be glad ; for you may depend I shall omitt nothing in my power to len-e you. The Trustees are Mr. Bertye, Sir Edward Coks, Sir John Newton, k Mr. John Coke. If their names must be ta^ the forme you sent must be altered. And they leem so rimiMi in the bu!iineft!«c that they only send me from one to anotker* And a(\er I had found out their bouses, *tis a great chance to catch Vm at home, or at least a great while before one's admitted to a sight of *em. There's a great noiie here of peace.' As for Dr. Sache-Uy* ' The War of Sueetmioo, btgwi in I702« wm fCiU eootiii«i»f. * Henry SAchcvrrell. too of Joahmm H.. RccUir ci He fVCcf"*. MaHbofoagll. VM born about 1672. and wm edocaUd in a idiool tWrt. at Um ebaifv oC Ilis godfatbrr. Mr. Rd. Hcarvt, an apoUMcarj, vbo adopted bl■^ and vboaa wll.. Oiford. vbert bt bccMM draj in l<»7. aged Ik Addison, in 1091. ded to bia bjt "Aecoaat ot tbe Ormtm€ ragtjii Potu.** and called bin * bit dcaraal friend and eullcafve/* Ht 1*4 bia UJL d^fM in ISM; BD. 1707; DD. i70S ; baft Incvabenl of Kent. ; and Prmcber of m. Saviow'a, aoMb«ark« in 1 70S. In 170e bt a political acrmon at Derby, and anotbcf bclof« tbt Lord Major at ML fMni; and la one of tbem «aa aappoaad to allada to Lord Oodolpbin widar tba ci Volpooe. Beinf loipeacbed by tbt lloMt ci ComaMna. bt condemned to tbree jtara inapt nai an, and bia Miauna atdnad In bt Tbia |«oaec«tton ovrrtbrew tbt aintatfj ; and lanl tbt fonndation nf Ua tone RioCa and diw«rdrr« occantd in London by tbr oMb vbo tbe tnal. Dorinf bit eoepeoMiin be SMde a kind ol tnnmpbnl eanona pane of tbe kin(du«, and vaa at tbia tsflM eollatad in a Lirlaf .*«bropriitrt ; and in tbt aaaM iMntb tbai bia petaeatod bia to tbe Rectory of Kc Andrrva. Rolbocn IHrypa, vfttiitg Ralpb Tborcaby in 1709. allndaa in --tbt atranfe banu and tW party-aakiaf ** of bia d^. and ndda. ** 1 btball ol Arcbbi*bop Oriadal. vitb aaaa ebaracter tbat waa fietn to bia in tbai tbat "tbe etneffable naaw ot ana &i anr int raipact. and to be vindicatad. 1 Iraly tbisb It a daiy fa daar tW af aa foad a aan, lanf alaet W. STUKELET, 1720. 149 the Com"* are more displeased at his answer than sermon. And are resolved to make him feel the utmost of their power. Though thej all wishe theyM never meddled with Iiim. We have shoals of pamphlets & pictures upon this occasion. For my part I'me 80 weary of this noisy, stinking Town, that I think long to be in the country, & have taken the coach a week agoe for Cambridge. I am, your sincere friend to serve you, Wm. Stukelet. I shall doe whatever I can to give you a good account of the businesse by next YIII. Roger Gale to his brother, ^^Mr Saml. Gale, at Mr. Bowles's, in St. Paul's Churchtard, in London, Free, B. Gale."*— H. F. St. J. Scruton, July 29, 1712. Dear Brother, I thank you for your carefull enquiry after the old Gtentle- womans existence, but fear she will toughen again in the countrey air. Wee have heerd nothing these two posts from Sir James or my Lady, and he being very ill then, fear that she allso has gott hold of this new s]Mx:ies of a feavour you mention. I should therefore be much obliged to you if you would go to tbeyr lodg- ings on the receit of this, k certifye me of both of theyr healths by the first return. It was a guinnea I left you for Dr. Morton*s book, but since there i.s 10s. more due to Dr. Woodward for 2 Vol of Leeland, pay him that out of it, & I will make up the first summe by a sudden opportunity. AMien Mr. Atkins receives the Acts pray let me know, for I then intend to order some other hoQO«r tbos long.** Strypc'i ** True Chancter of Bishop Grindml ** wm pob* lUbed in 1710. Sachercrcll died in 1724. and beqaeathed £500 to Bishop Atterburj, then in exile, who was supposed to have penned the defence be made before the House of Lords. The Duchess of Marlborough described him as ** an ignorant, impudent inceodiarj, a man who was the scorn eren of tboae who omde use of him as a tool.** Bishop Burnet sajs, ** he was a bold, insole&t man, with a Terj small measure of religion. Tirtue, learning, or good seoae ; but he resoWed to force himself into popularitjr and preferment, bj the moat petulant railings at dissenters and low churchmen, in several sermons and Ubals written without either chasteness of stjle, or liveliness of expression.** Roger Gale waa at this time M.P. for Kocthallerton. 150 mBCELLAXMOm COERBFOVDBfCB. books to come along with them. I tboald allio be glad to know how Mr. Thoresby proceeds/ & wlien Dr. Moretoo*t* book will be out Mr. Raper sett out jcsterday for London. You men* tioned to me that a friend of voura spoke to joo about St Wini- fred^s life from the bishop of St Asaph.^ I hare that life wrote Tery fairly upon velam, I suppose the author of it was Robertus Salopianus," tho* I dont find it is dedicated to Guarinus of Wor- oetter, as Leland says tliat was« but if the bishop has a mind to see it I shall send it him bj the first opportunity, or, because it is contained with other writeings in a pretty large %*olume, if his Lordship dcsi^c^ any |»articular passage to be consulted or transcribed, I shall do it upon the first intimation from him. I have been hard at work in transcribing the letters from foreignen to my Father, k have done about half. I did not think it would have been so troublesome a buisyness, nor so long as I find, the scurfy hands of ^everall that I have to decypher make it tedious, besides the numbers of the epi»tles, which I believe will hardly be contained in the three quires of your p^per, however I intend to go through with them, now I ha%*e begun, but without thouglits of printing, which may not be convenient fw severall reasons ; k shall content my •elf with using my endeavors to preser\'e tbem this way. My service to Dr. AUix, k all friends where requisite. I am vour loving brother, • Probablj with hit *- Dvcatat LsoHk— it" • Qmrj RiclMrd MotUmi. mi Mlncat |4i7«idaa. keni la Vfolk. liioam •t If sfdAka Hall. Oilord. Md one of tW dMplaiiM ol Xcv OftlWft. fUvtsf •dopcH tlM pHaapW* of the mcnoomtonmtmt^ 1m ib^aitiMmt tlitolafy for m^di* on« sft«r tiM KMlormuoo oi CbArlct IL M.D. I€;a thtd \€m. Ht *" PkUialolofift, fM cicrautiOTM* «k PkthUi . " mttd ** EmerduuoMi tft •BivtnA]tb«« •rati*." ' WilliAm FWd Co FJf He vm bum in Un* Tf*vff mi Londao IB less ; cdaoUed tA tum. amj tx Kinf • C'olkfr. Cmmhndf >sctf ci Hl AMUa't. LamAtm, Mid L«cct«rcr M M. l>«MCMiVia*Ue-Wffli. H« was tJbt beat prtacber of hu time. mi«1 In* •rr«i'*fM wert eooanlrfvd ■iltto «4 palftt cloqacner.— ^ikI^/. HMt^f UmHtm^, Xjam^nm, |sM. Col. IU9. A ■■■flUl ODltoctioa ol hU •rr^oo*. irmcu. %mA o«lMf pmtm, vat pabaifcti la lalle Loadoa. 1 737. AaMWf cImb U " TW Ufr and Mifadst of m. Wialfnid. tagttWr wlUi her UUBiet.** vliicb wa« iwbliaacd wparaniy. la 1712. Diid I7S1L • TW * Ul« of !(L WiBifrvd" VBB vnuta kf ftaaartas itiln iiliHiaiii^ iiitJBiUi la Oaafia m WMla^yrtsf «f W«MSilv.~Jls#dh^s U ysfl 1« f^ IS^l. W. STUKELEY, 1720. 151 IX Thomas Baker,' " to Mr. William Stukelet, at Boston IN Lincolnshire, by way of Caxton." — H. F. St. J. Cambridge, Jun. 19, 1714. Sir, I am to thank you for your kinde offer by your friend. I have no design upon a Natural History of Cambridgeshire, but if you have anything concerning the antiquity of this University, or any particular College, or concerning the history of them, or any particular men that were eminent in the same, especially in St John*s College, I shall take it as a favor if you will please to impart it ; or if you have any Papers to that purpose, that you mnll trust me with, they shall be thankfully returned, after I have perused them. You hare a worthy dergj-man, Mr. Kelsall,'" in your Town, to whome I think myself very much engaged, I sent him a small token of my thankfulness by Dr. Massey, Avhich I hope he received some time ago, but I must yet think myself much in his debt. If you will please to present my humble service to him, which is 80 much owing, you will add to the favours you have already shown to Sir, your most obedient humble sen*ant, Tho. Baker. * Born At Laochetter. Dnrbam, 165G ; died 17-10, aged 83. Fellow of St. John*0 College, Cambridge. In 1688 he wan deprived of the Rectory of Long Newton, Durham, for refusing to take the oaths to the new Government. He retired to Cambridge* where he had a scholarship, of which he was subtequentlj deprived. He wrote ^ Reflections on Learning,** and left large MSS. collections, pome of which are among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum. In 1700 he commenced writing a History of the UnivcrKity of Cambridge. In a letter to Tboretby, March 7, 1709-10, he writes, "that I intend a general History is more than I dare yet say ; but if you will be plcasecl to send any short account of Dr. Nalson, Mr. Miluer. ice I shall take it as a favour.** JMorrt^'s Otrrrs- pomdtmrr. Vol. ii., p. 230. The Earl of Oxford, writing to T. Hranie in 1731 aays, ** I have bad the pleasure, when I went to Cambridge, of waiting upon Mr. Baker of 8. John's, that reverend and most worthy man. 1 saw him about a fortnight since .... I had the pleasure to see him look very well. He ia an example to the whole University, but I fear few will follow him. At his age (then 76) he is up by four o'clock in the morning, goes constantly to chapel at five, and this be does without any regard to the ■caiK>n.**^^if^rf3f*« Letten, Vol. ii., p. 87. ^ See **Coaiinentai7t,** p. 12. 15S MUiCELLAKIOUS CORRESrOHDIKCC. X. Ralph Thobesby to " Petee Le Neve,»» Esq., Noeeot Kino-at-Arm8, at His house, at the College or Aems, NEAR St. Paul's Church, in London.**— H. F. St. J. Le€do», 2* June, 1719. Sir, Hanng writ to you by yesterdays post, I hare Dotliing fur- ther to add, saving that afterwards I had notice of a private k safe hand (for I dare not venture it by the carrier) to transmit to ycm the mcilall of Constantine the Great therein mentioned, the ori^ inal whereof was in gold ; after you ha%*e communicated it to your brethren, the Society of Antiquarys, please to desire Mr. Oale to send it with tlie original seal, by my Cosin Cookson, to Sir, your most humble servant, R. Thorbset.** Pleaiio to enquire of Mr. Holme*' if he knows who was the author of Jani Anglorum factes nova (which has a side glance at his old friend Mr. I'etyt). Mr. Scldens** tract was Jani Anglonim facies altera. Si was (at lea>t tin* edition I ha\'e in English) in folio, this in 8** 1680. l*«-ier Le Nerc ws« ok^re ciisii fort? jmn smMsinf a frwt eolkccioa oC sntiquiti#«« wbkb ouse loto the ^o§aemu»n of Mr. Tbn«a« Msrtia. o| Mgrsv«. Suffolk, vbo mamcU hu wid«>w. After Msrtin'ft d<«tb is 1771 the eolWctioa WM dttperaed. " fUlph Tboresbr. bom sC LeevU. IG^ . fiie«l K.*^ . mm ol Jolw Jhon^kff of B«lBi#f. Bcur York. sftcnranU el Leed». He wm edsesied t» tW OrMaaar School. LfOiU He ■uuncd Anna, dsafbt^r ol Richard f^jkta^ el ttaihsM. Yorkahlrr : snil wm s Boncoofar«it«t nntti lCf9. «hm he shnndiMW^I hi* mm^ Bcctioa with the dt«H'oUra. Hi- becnme KrIUiv t4 the lt«»«sl Snoec? in \*^. Hi* priBctpsl works are " Ihtcatat Lcodicn«i« . " " Msw TWoweliyaaaiw" a Catalofoe of bit Maarum : ami * Virans Ijeodtmum," a Hitincj ol the (iMfch of Lr««t«. At hi* ileath l.it valual'le c*>nrt:ti**n* virr t^Ui bj fMibitc aadMa. •• Cirofjjr Holm* • «»• f -f mzitx }rar» rlrrk v% Mr Ivtit. Krr|«f ol the Tower llr<-<.r«l» Aftrr Mr l'«tit'« *\rmtU br «•# ftfpoiate«l. be L«nH Halifaa* %n aiethmltte the i(e>ri>r«U. ai • 7<*arty •Aiarj %>( £ l^»i. which w^ coatiaaed %m hi* (Itaih to 174%. aire. — JrrS«W«^»tf Vt»! I . Intr%i>!aciintt |« &aiTt. ** J«»hn "^Mf n. one «>f tlir m't^t Irarnr^l meti nf t)te ITth rentanr. Biiea ai Salvini:t4>o, rniMri. to t>l : e«liicatr«l at Hsrt Hall (now Hrriford CellefrV Otf<»rd. wlience he rraN*ee«l x»* Miffun! • Inn an«l aftrrwani* to tht laaet Trai|4r. where he wm mIM to the Bar M T. lf*?J ^al la the WeetataeleT AMeviltv •# a av aietnl^Y Kerfier ol the l>lli4i|p. MMit^. AsriMy, Orf. S«M W. STUKELEY, 1720. 153 XI. Jahes Burrough, "to Dr. Stukeley, in Ormond Street, London." — H. F. St. J. Sir, Caius Coll., July [?] 20, 1721. If ever I bad been at London since I bad the honour to see you in Caius College, I sbould not bave denied myself the pleasure of waiting on you. I am now going into tbe country for 3 weeks, at my return I will send you a drawing of Cross. Mr. Baker bad tbe picture you mention, but bas giren it to Lord Harley, wbo, I suppose, bas it at Wimple, 6 miles from Cam- bridge. L**' Harley will probably let it come to Cambridge (if asked), wbere I can bave it copied for 3 guineas. Mr. Baker bas a long will of Mr. Hobson's, wbicb I can bave transcribed for you if you please. Tbe rest of your letter I bope to answer myself, in person, at or before Micbaelmass. I am. Sir, your most bumble servant, James Burrough.'^ XII. Sahl. Gale to Dr. Stukeley. — H. F. St. J. London, 7** 7^ 1721. Deare Sir, Tbis comes to return you my bearty thanks for your very entertaining letter, which I received half an hour before I went to the Mitre, where was Mr. Vcrtue,'* to whom & tbe rest I read over your narrative. Mr. Vertu was extreamly well satisfied with your account of Richard IL, & gives his service & thanks to ^ Master of tbe College from 1751* to \7M. ** George Vertue. bom in St.-Martin*s-in-the-FieIdt, London, 16S4, became an eminent engraver and antiqaary. He engrafed for Michael Vandergntcby bat quitted him in 1709. He acquired the notice of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Lord Somerii employed him to engrave a plate of Archbishop TilloUoo, which was the groundwork of his rcfiatation. He was afterwards |Mitronited bj the Earl of Oxford ; and when the Earl of Winchelsea was lYetident of the Society of Antiquaries, on its rerival in 1717. Vertae was appointed engraver to that body. Among the |iortraits he engraved are those of Matthew Priory Sir Hugh Middleton. Sir Ral|>h Windwood. 5cc He died in 1736. and was boned in the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey. He wrote ** Anecdotes of Painting in England/* published by Horaoe Walpole, wbo said of him, ** Ko maa living, so bigoted to a Tocation, was ever so incapable of falsehood. Ho did not deal even in hypothesis,— acaroc in ooojectare.** 154 MnCBLUklllOCB COEUSrOHDBfCB. jroa, iho whole oompany dnnk Iietlth & protperitj to the trmral* lern, 1 1 intend to praent joar primitive tjUiemmcle to the Socteijr, they wanting one much. La»t Satardar I wm at Eaton to tee my nephew, who it very well & brisk, k gives his duty to my brother, which I desire von to communicate to htm. On Son- day I went to Windsor, to Mr. TopIiam*s, Mr. Holmes being there, & see his fine library k dniwing!^, but the greatest curiositie was in the Castle, which ver}' few arc permitted to see. Tis an apartment under the King's lodgings, in which there is a mag- nificent picture of King Harry 8*^ sitting on a Throne, supported by large columns, tlie back of tlic picture imitating Arras hang- ings, on his right hand stands K. Ed. VI*^, on his left Q. Catherine, at a little dii4ance his 2 daughters Q. Mary & Q. Elisabeth, besides this there are two other large pieces repreaent* ing the landing k entrance of Harry 8*^ at k into Bologne, in which the King k Wolsey appear conspicuous, attended with a numerous train ; there are some hundreds of figurva in these peices, beside the English fleet k the Kings ship with sails of cloth of gold, all done by Hans Holbcn, in the same room tliere is anotlier picture of 3 qrs ., of Prince Arthur, the King*s brother, this is a treasure which Mr. Vertue own« he never i^ee. Pray give my resfiects U^ my brother. I cant say but that I am a little astonished to hearo tluit we shall not have your good oompanys for so long a s|iace. C apt*. Davis give» his i«r%*ice to my broiher. P.S. — I called tliis e\*eoing at your kxlginga. Mrk Machio gives her sen-ice to you. All things oontinue as you left them. Only a man from Holbeach ban been U* pay you some money. He saies he shall be in town again sliortly, k will leave it either with Mr». Machin or me. Tlie Town eontinu«'« healthy, but we are nn«ler imiuic aprelirn*ioiiik fnnii •mu^»l«r^. TIh^ pe^tilctice** encrra^ ing miserably in Franci*, k ti» said tiie young King is removing to Liple. I wish I had more agnrable new« to send ycm. I had almofit forgott to t4*ll yoti titat I \KkHl vour •ilk-worm mony, k have ten shsro* for it. I am, dear iKjitAir, YcwTs moa allipctiociately, Saul. Gaul TW pl^w csrrtrd ttf ao.isa> ptffMM SI UmnmXkm •md ^ Om livMsaMlskasaksaahf««|slaaiM»«RHBlfca UsaaLla lim W. STUSZLETy 1720. 155 (On the last page, in another handwriting, is the following) : — ^An original picture of Henr}' of Bollingbroke, afterwards H. IIII.y at Hampton Court, L^' Coningsbvs, which he boilt Another of Q. Eliz. ; S'* Tho. Conuigsby 6. Grandfather & his Lady, by Dobson,'* with many other old pictures." Xin. Faxcts concernikg the aboriginal form of huvak HABITATIONS IN GENERALL, & BRITISH IN PARTICULAR, GROUNDED UPON THE WORD BURROUGHS, BY THE EIeVR*- Mr. Conters Place of Dorchester. — H. C. Burrough, & its contraction Burgh, (of which also I take burrow, barrow, & bury, to be so many corruptions) is an allowed note of the antiquity of the place so called, as well by Camden himself, as well as those who are the Authors of the annotations upon him : nor can there be a more effectual con- firmation of that note than those old & mother towns that have the prinlege of sending members to Parliament are particularly distinguished by that name, & are called Burroughs, or allowed to be »o ; & the Avhole title of many of them to their present enjoyment of that right in the state of decay they are now reduced to, seems to re^t in their claim to that title, & in the respect & veneration which the evidences of antiquity inserted in that name bespeaks for them. I cannot perceive that the name Burrough or Burgh was instituted to denote any kind of eminence, in the place so called, beyond others, so as to mean a Fort or Castle or place any way fortifyed with ramparts, or otherwise distinguisht by any pecu- liar advantages, as is often suggested by Camden ; or that the name putts the place called by it under any distinction whatever, unlesse accidentally, besides that of common habitation, the bare antiquity of which it onely implys, because it is often confounded with such appellatives to ascertain & distinguish it, as Burgh Castle J Burgh Forty &c, 6i tliat it signifved no more than house, '« WilliMD DobMn, bora 1610 ; died 1646. A |«inter after tlie mamm of Vandjck, bj whom be wm |ireeented to CharlM L His painlinge wm his- toricsl and portrmiu. — Beet^ntt fK 88J*. 156 mSCXLLAKBOUS OORKBSPOirDDfCB. boiues, or a towoi a lettlafnent wbert one or more famOjs dwelt Btirrough was the habitation k B(mr wan tlie inhabitant, heoee neighbour, {.«. a nigh hour or one that lived in a Bnrroiigh not farr off. But the name Burrough, thoagh at first it directl j meant ooeir one common habitation, yett carr}^ in it monumental eridencea of the original form of such habitation, k indirectly letta ui into that; for our application of the name Burrough to the habitation of such animaU whose natures are incapable of making improTe- ments in their manner of dwelling that is still retained among OS, discovers the native & simple signification of the name Burrough, when our ancestors gave their own dwellings that name ; for we appropriate it onely to the underground lodgings of animals, a» to the holes of foxes, badgers, k rabbita. From whence I iuferr that when it was first applyed to human habita- tion, whether in an allusive sence from tliem, or theirs from it ; or whether both were simple or equally original, that it signifjed the ver}' same, or what nearly resembled the habitations of those creatures, k eoniequently that the inhabitants of this land, when the name was given, dwelt chiefly under ground k lived not in hnuM*s rained from the ground, but in holes dug in it, which sence of the word aeems still to obtain as to the dead, though it has IcM its native idea as to the linng, for hence we may call potting a i«ir|iM- into a Imlr uiitli-r ^ri*uii«l l«* I>tiijr ear that any »uch thin;; had been prac- tised by the anttfdiluviann: and Mo!uiiding the place, where he dwelt, with tranches, ramfiarts, or fortifications, such as his fears pott him upon, &. do4 not detrrmin it to any mode of building. Digging downwani for habitation, both liefore k long after the Flood, appears to have bt*t*n the common & gi*nenill practice, k. naCuraa first k ^enuin method which men departed firom, either throogh distrust or i;;norance of God's providence, least there should be a lecond Delude ; or as the fear of wild beasts, or of each oilier grown wilft or mivu;;!*, prevailed over natures present k men simple n*<^urM» for habitation ; or as the locall inconveniences of the founderin;: in of the natural! mould might putt them here 4b therr u|M»n artificiall walls k roofs : or as sufTocating dampa k aulphunH>u% st of reeds or wood, k their to^Tis as so many wo<»e suppostn.1 without rwison «S^ propriety to have given a name to their habitations that speaks them to have been of another nature, a;;ain>t which no foreign testimony can i«o farr prevail ms to make u< think otlien%'iM«, but that in some period of time or other, either then, before, or since, the inhabitanU notions of dwelling were agreeable to what that name exprest, & that con- ' Dorcbe»tcr.— U. G. l62 uiBcxLLAsnom oowusroKDisccr tiderable dispositions were made acUudly among themaelTei aooordinglj. The name Burroufi^h appears to hare travelled hitber from Oermanjy k the North whence we were first peopled, k where a great many of their oldest k most considerable towns carrj Burgh k Burrough in their name; k the thing itself, in tlie colder climates, as I have hinted, is pretty near kept ap to. The infamous custom of incestuous communitv of wires which Cesar takes notice of among the Britains, k says they had ten or twelve of them wives together in common, etipecially brothers with one another, k parents with their children, very well agrees with Burrough living ; for familys cohabiting in one commoo room together, witliout partition, k that suited such works of darknesse, must of course fall by that mean* into such unnatural! practice ; k that sort of odd tenure,' which they call Burrough English, ma<%t as naturally as necessarily arise again from mens having community of wives ; for where men conM not know which were tlieir own, which others, children, it of course drew them into the agreement of letting all fare alike. The mention of thi<« tenure, Burrough English, has likewise rained a thought in my head concerning the etymolog}* of the name England itM*lf, that falls in with what I have said of Bur- roughs, from an old word still in Ui»e in the North which is Angle, k Mgiiifye^ a hole that runs underground, or the branch of a mine. From this old word that worm takes its name, whose use for baits luu pren the name Angling when we fi^h witli it. It i« not unlikely but the name of England 4 Angle- land might all«o come (rum li%'ing in subterraneous ca%*efns, a Bummgh ditfiTing from an Angle, as a part from the whole, a Ikhim* from a town, or one nmrn from a bou^. If wr su|ipose some of thi'se Bummgh^, like the cave of Mschprlah' doable, that ii^, running in A(*«erall ways fnim one Oi>mnion mouth, so that EngliJ^hmen wa« a« much as to Miy Ham>ugb-men, or cavem-li%'erv tlie %-erv lome as Tp^Xmiirm^ which eiaaple makes it more likely, d: h hich I think b a mneh better conjactnrt * lU BttPt mrma fAtcl kiod. for hf baiiufk taftufc. tkt laWni 10 tkt jrv«BC«it cbilil ocUj.— a. U aauU beiitefs Is Mikte saM eC te w. sTDKBLEr, 1720. 163 than from Angulus or their living in a corner, or from Angling, or from Angelus, the stoiy of the Popes admiring the English boys, which paltiy etymologys jett are thought worthy of a place in our Antiqoitys. That the name England* or English- man, as it is thus of cognate signification may oome &om the word Angle, which is the same thing allmost as Burrougb, is still more likely from hence, that the Angles, or Angle-livers have their originall fixt in that same quarter, whence, as has been observed Burrougb came, & go the two words give mutually light to one another, &, strength to what I have observed ; tlie native force of the one supports tbe denominative title of the other; & with an equall propriety, bad arbitrary custome hap- pened to have made the counterchange of application, the king- dome might have been called Burrougbland, & our towns for Burronghs, Angles. XIV. Fbom Maurice JoHNsoy, Jun., to Dr. Stukelet. [Priktbd in Biblio. Topoo. Brit. Ko. II. part IL, coNTAiKiKa Bbuq. Gaixavm. J, Nichols, Lon'd., 1781]. Spalding, Oct 14, 1719. Dear Doctor, It is long since I enjoyed your good company, & you are so much in my thoughts, that I presume you will excuse an old friend's enquiring this way of your state of health, &. progress in tbe practice of your profession ; for, believe me, Sir, you liare friends no where more earnestly wishing you felicity k success than in your own country', to which you must give me leave to say, you are an ornament ; & amongst your coantr^-men let me beg you will be assured no one can be rejoiced more in your prosperity than 1 do. But your gains are onr loss, that your assistance when we want health, and yonr good compan}' for its preservation, are too remote; this epidemicdistemper has rambled k raged so throughout our parts of En^and from Borough Bj tliii argtuDcnt the BriUlni ooold dctci be callod bomaRh liven, ■> be betoie nppoMC, udcc the name of Englaiid wu naknown till long afier tlie anlnl d tbt Buobs. The whole diMoone is a wMn wUai^-L O. 164 mSCKLLAKBOUS CORRnKllDiyCI. Bridge to your metropolift. Tis true indeed, from all we can hear, that the malady has oot been attended with tneh fatal oon- tequences in our fenny tracts as in what we mlgarij call the high countries. Perhaps, Doctor, your Epidaurean Serpent, sprung from the slimy mud of such a lerel, proCecIs us as a good genius ; however, the like of this illness has not ever been known here, & as it is from an infected sir, the curious enquirers of your humble cell at Spalding wouM boM themselves ranch obliged by an historical account from you of any such univerml contagious fever in England before this time, which we doubt not but the histor}* of physic k distempers may have furnished you with, for other physicians tell us not of one instance of a general yet not fatal fever in so large a tract of oonntrr. With God*s blessing, & the care & learning of your good friend 4 mine. Dr. Nutton,* whose judgment I believe rery sound, k who particularly desires me t4> remember him to you, I see my only son sprightly & active again, who was the moat severely handled of all our numerou<« family, out of which, being 21 in number, all, save my spouse & brother, who are rery much yoork He was. Sir, seized with it as other people, but the fever grew so fierce by degrees, k lasted so long, as to thmw htm into the roost violent convulsions I ever did see, which when the Doctor had carried off, the |Kx>r roji^r mnMninl lifrle^, k without the least motion, having, as his fond n^lation* perhaps alone thought, not so much as the power to breathe left It has twice handled roe severely, one fit of a fever fur two days k a night witbnnt rrroia* sion, k a second for thirty fiMir hours ; but, I thank Ood, I aro well again ; k it did interfere with my business, which I find will increane upi>n a youn;; man if In* (lersevfres, A I trust we may butli li%(* io d«» nifirv than UMr tht* chargi-« (*f litieral educn- tion^ I should be glad to liear yuu bad taken to vcni a female to your mind, for th«* i*«iiitinuancii* of %«»ur family, A «|ue«lini will ha\e rea^»n to e»lc«m you a« much aa any of yuur progenitors, thtmgh Ninie of them (as I have r^ marked according to your ctimmand*) gtM«l k great men, of c«»n»iderable interest A alNlitic» in their country. I shall extr be UKMl renJy to arrve yuu in anything, k the in^ance I give jtm ist BMW la, « ani 42. W, STUKELKY, 1720. 165 in this particular^ by the extracts from divers authors^ only serves to evince by my diligence, my perpetually bearing you in mind when any thing occurs, that is, what you desire to preserve. These, as I believe them properly & peculiarly to relate to you, will I hope be acceptable to yourself; k I wish I could any way contribute to the entertainment of my good friends at the Mitre, whose healths we drink every Wednesday night* duly. It is not the affectation of being otherwise fully employed, which prevents my endeavouring it ; but the little abilities I have for communi- cating any thing not observed by, &, well known to, most of you, k the few opportunities I have of seeing here anything but what is in print, k within every man^s purchase, deter my attempting it, lest I should only prove my ignorance, by making a common object, k what so well-read men meet with every day, a matter of wonder ; but as a friend who will look with the favourablest eyes on my performance, I dare venture to tell you thoughts which I dare not speak out in company even the most candid. All our friends here are pretty well; your godfather' k Joshua, who is yet unmarried, present their services to you. I don*t need to tell you I wish I had been at home when you was in the countr}-, that I might have had the satisfaction of endea- vouring to amuse you agreeably a while, which I almost despair of doing by anything I can communicate from hence concerning the learned world. However, what I am told I will tell you, k though it be no more than what you knew before, yet I shall only then do as they who greet us with its being a very sickly time, cold weather, kc. The University of Cambridge is upon erecting a theatre, k have for that purpose lately turned several tenants out of houses which they some time since purchased, to build it upon the ground where they stand, k resolve, as I am told, to chuse the same vice-chancellor again, & he to accept it, k to cite Dr. Bentley as Master of Trinity, to shew reasons why he will not consent that an instrument they call the Prognunma should not be fixed upon the public schoolsi k other such places. * Tlie Sodetj of Antiqiiaii«t then met on Wednetdaj evenings. ' William Ambler, Esq., of Spalding.— See OwMrvtefyt, |i. 6 n. 166 MttCELLAKIOUS coRRisrcwDcrci. Our frieod Sparke/ of Peterborough, Bm Imtd j pot bio good order, and a new method, the Earl of CaidiganV libraiy at Dean in Northamptonshire, in a noble lar^^ room which that lord haa a«vsi^ned for that purpose, & fitt4>d up aocordinglj. Mr. Youn;;;,'^ now LL.D., who wrote the poem on the Last Day, and Busiris, is taken into the Earl of Eieter*i family as tutor to his lordship's eldest son, liord Burleigh, k is goin;^ Id travel with him. Your townswoman, & my pretty neighbour, Sally Hibbins, has written a very diverting comedy since she has been in Shrop- shire. I muAt not forget to let you know how our little society goea « JoM(*h Sptfkc, RcfiArmr of Pcterboroofh Csibcdral« pmhbaktd is folio, 17SS. A good oditioQ of aooM of cor Bonktah hMloriaas, vii^ "Cknmttmm JohAnnit AblMtit dc Borflio,** and Hugh ll'btKc't ** HutUirj of l*«C«rboroogK" both from the Cotioo Library : Robert S«A|ihAa't Httlory of Mm Ctareh. frooi A \IS. in lU librmrr ; snoUicr bj Walter WhtUlcaej, a rli7«iag Tnm€k Chroakit from tbc Cottoo. Library, and Scephaoidcs't Life of TbooMO 4 Boekot, fro« a MS. in this library, ooUatcd with one in bit own. He iattadod a MOo«d «ol.« to contain Wbittleary*t * Life of Hereward, Abbot of PMcrboroaffb," aad bad actoally engraved Ibt arva of ibt knighu wboet acft were iMlitvUd by Abbat Tborold : bot died 1740. Hie dedicauoo of tbe arM eol. lo Dr. Masd la doled from tbe library of John Bridges. E«q^ wbo faraiabad him wiib tfaaecri|Hi of tbe Cottoaiea MS« aad died tbe year after bis. Tbe Society of Aatiqaartas engraved in 1730 a aaal of Petrrborovgh Miaelcr la Mr. a|iarke*t peaaMMa. • Oeorga Bradcaell, wbo died I7». aad wboae eoa Oaocft wm Dake of Montagae. •• Edward Toaag. tbe aatbor of tbe weU-kaowa • yigbl ia ISS4. at Tpbaa. Haata, of wbicb |«rieb hie fatbcr wh Wincbeeur School, aad afterwards, la 1 70S. at Omlotd. Ia 1708, a Law feilaw- •bip in All SoaU* College wae eoaferred oa blai by Arrbbiibop TeatoBa. Ia 1714 he obtained hit drgree of II C L . aad that of D.C.L. la ITlf. Tbteagb lift- hi- WM one of th* m«>0t pertevermg and aadanoae toadiea la 17 IS be publi»bed * Tbe LaM Day.** aad *' Tbe Force of Beligioa. ee %'M9aiabed Loee ; " and in 1714 **A Roes oa tbe Death of Qaera Aaae.'* ia Kit be veataiad aa a Tragedy, aader tbe utle of ** Baeirie.** which wae biaagbt aal al Diary and had a fair eaceeae ; la 1721 ** Tbe Beeenge ; " aad la 17U "Tbe la 1777 be took holy oedev«» aad waa apimaiad eat of the Bayal Cteplaiaa ; and in 1790 be hrrmmn rector of Wdwya, Heffc la I7S1 be mmhmi La^y Bltaabetb Lia. daagblar of the Eti of Licbtrid. aad vidav of It la belteeed that hie aoleaia »aditatioai^ oaoMioaad by bar diaib. thr - Night TWagbta.- He diad la 170.— CUeUeev'a Jkifiiy ^ eat L,ttl. W. STUKELEY, 1720, 167 on, which is very well. We meet constantly, but are likely to lose one of our members, Mr. Atkinson, who through a compli- cation of distempers is brought so low that I fear we shall lose him very soon. Tour own parish, Holbeach, affords one remarkable article in the parochial charge, where tlie last year the churchwardens paid £4 6s. Od. for the destruction of the urchins or hedgehogs, at but one single penny a piece, and the present officers have paid above £30 on the same account already ; the vast stocks of cattle in this noble parish, & some coney burroughs, have drawn those creatures from all parts hither, as one would think.*' You know that ingenious old gentleman, your townsman, Mr. Rands, is dead there, the remaining part of whose collection of prints devolves upon me by purchase, & I wish he had not so far indulged the ignorant as to have let them cull out some of them. I desire you will send me word, good Mr. Secretary,** how the impression of the Registrum Honoris de Richmond goes on,*' and to set down Edward Horseman, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., for a subscriber for one copy, and let Mr. Treasurer*^ know I am much his humble servant, and will answer the subscription for that gentleman to him when next I have the pleasure to see you all. I have not yet been able to gain anything worthy the press relating to that book, which I yet hope to do, & will endeavour ; the whole & large Soke of Kirton, in our fens, being parcel of that Honour, & now the possession of the Earl of Exeter, lord thereof, & my father Steward of the Courts of that Soke. I have not yet procured what I wrote for, a MS. of that EarKs, relating, as I hope to find, to that district or jurisdiction ; but more of this hereafter. I beg of you, when next you see Mr, Norroy,*^ our learned President, to present my most humble " For a Tindication of the hedgehog, tee Gent. Jisf^ vol. ili»., p. 896. *' Dr. 8tnkelej wm SecreUrj to the Sodet j of Antiqutfiei, Loodoo, from iu rtriTwl in 1717-18, till he retired into the couiitry in 1725. ^ See Brit, Tpp^^., iL. 444, n. The book waa not pahliahad ontfl 1792. *• Mr. Samod Oale. *• Peter le Nere, ooe of the moat eadneni pitaeifia ol Aatiqvitica, atoctod Prcaident of the Society of Antiqvariea, 1718, disd 1780. 168 MlflClLLAKIOUR CORRVroVDIIICI. senrice to him, t desire him to tell you the metning of thete words not unfrequent io Domesday, title Linoolnshirey Tmlla^ 4 BertWj^* which last is by Ingulphus rendered Mamerimm^ bat desire him to tell you what sort of manor he takes it to be, A, if I ^hall not be too troublesome to him, I would beg of him to tell me whose coat of arms is, Az. on a chief Ar;;. 3 ( I don*t know what they are except Buckli's) Az.*' And this bearing enquire about also, Jacob*s staff Or, between a (*hevron Or, charged with 5 Mullets Az. k for tlie (Ve»t to this Coat, an hone*s bc^ erased Gu. bridled Az. or rather a blue ribband tied round his neck." My humble ser>'ice also to Mr. Hare k to Mr. Hdmes, k tell him I beg of him to let me hare copies of tlie inquisition, 4 also of the cUim at the coronation of King Richard the Second, made out for me against I conir to town, where I long to be for the fMike of conversing with you. Sir, k the good company at the Mitre. I ho|ie Mr. Hill goo^ on with his Hereford ;'^ but he either has not finished the poem he n*ad |iart of to us, or for- got his promise of sending me a copy of iu Pray how dors Mr. Baxter's Grammar go on ? If you have anywhere met with any thing relating to my ancestorA in your turning o^*er ycmr old books or papers, 1 beg you in rt^tuni to tend it me with an ** Bj Dcftwica U ■••nt a Mbordinau baboc . or a rrmau luiAlet. so far Iroai tbt iMiCbcr diarcli m to nc^d a cba|«l SoowUsMi it wm a itnlorand " IVoeovgood. As. P« A cklcf arf , S lowofr oveklcs poialt 4tsltr ot tkt ** Erioftoo. of Hagifd mkI H|«ldinf. Line. A& cm a cbftro^ l«t««ra 3 m%ntktt'% crew lUvf . (>r. S nvlleu of ihr Srti. i\tfw^rtk's Ofd tf Br^i, Anm^r^U, |K &S3. ** Mr. Jmdm Hill, of iht MiUaic Te«i|V. |4ii.!i»bol * rrMf..«»U U^ a Hitumj of tiM Citjol Hcrrfunl." 1717. ib two pmru. ami ot%t vulvae, xbe i-Uo of wh»€k m^j hm men m ** Rovhoauo's CofliAh Tofavrai^bef." p 71. It «oa to bato been followed bj aooChcf vol. tfvotinf of tbcomntj lli»«lratli. irrr.pn>l«Uj rmdcrrd tbo draifn aborUT«. Hv ftb^wf*! tlie Anti«|iiariaa Niiri«tj «*f L^khIuo, la 1 7 IK, a VMS oolloctioa of dfawiaf% Ttowa, iii«cn|4itMMk plopnk s»d ▼a&MNia la Mf^ . Un fniiU of bia trmnrla la tbo wort of Eoftand tbat wril woftlij of bia ladgiiat and akill la aBtM|oitj. for bia diltgiaai aad rary. ta wkKb Wr bad dcorrvod tbaaka. ( Mtmwte* If i9r. ^mM^ , Hta omI* kcteoaa* wbicb w«ft aadt by bua btfort 17IA, wctr ta tbo baada al i«fvf Oak, im. Haa a inftAcalar astt—i sf tbaa. MnL lipiy^ VatU ^ 41a. V. STUKELBT, 1720. 169 answer to my qaeries, &c., in your own ffpod time ; & am, wish- ing jou very much joy of aU your bonours & long health, dear Sir, Your sincere ready friend, & humble Ber\-ant, MAtmiCE Johnson, Juk. P.S. — I had almost forgotten another coat of arms which I beg you to ask of Mr. Le Neve or Mr. Hare, as of the othen, whose name it belongs to. Gu. 3 sinister wings Or, between a fesse Arg. in the middle of which is a Lion Or, in a round spot Gu. ; two wings nbove the fesse & one below it." I believe I should say » fesse charged with such a thing, but he will pardon my want of proper terms, & teach me belter from your answer." XV. T. Heahne'b" oplvios of Dr. Stdkelet. Oct 9, 1722. " He is making searches about the Roman ways. He is a very fancifull man, and the things he hath pub- lisird are built upon fancy. He is looked upon as « man of no grcitt authority, and his reputation dwindles every day, as I have li'iimed from very good hands. He hath publishtN] a draught of Old Vcrulani. with strange fancifull things. He hath published a draught of Waltliam Cross, all fancy, yet the Cross is standing, and Mr. Bridges luith ]>ubltshcd a true draught of it." — Blua's ReVu]. Jleamiana. Oxford, It^bl, p. 487. XVI. T. Eearhb's opcnoK of Dr. Stoxelet. Sept. 10, 1724. " Yesterday called upon me Wm. Stukeley, Doct. of Physick, whom I had never seen before. He told m« * Com of PoTter. CoroiralL " OtbtT eo*t« dnwD in tbi* Inter, and explained bj Le Kcre. wen tboee of Richard Fiu John, Adam Fiti John, iinil Jobnion of BoMoo. ' Thrrv eitracU from J7iwrw'< Diary ue introdDOMl here to abov bow nns-jlline he vat to pre credit to Stakclef for leamioft and (kill •• a pbyalelaB, an antiqnaij. and a drauphtaman ; and (o Roger Gale for •cholarafatp ao4 Ijheralily towarda thoae who rendered bin awlitance In bii litemy Ubo«i^ Heame'a political lentiinenta, at an ardent Jacobite, led bin to writ« and fmik, vilh iliireapect of aomc of bit learned oontemporariea ; and perhapa bis baabit extraction made bim jealoo* of them. The pictorea ot Waltbam Cro*^ aod St. Albani Abbej. vhich be aeTeielT eritldaca. are ffTen in BtakaltT^ JtiHtTariKm (\ritni, and are far frvM being " all mcer Uaej.' TIn doeUr^ dnwingi, aa well a* kaowledga ot penpectiTe, are gencrallj jvj Mr. 170 IflSCBLLAnOUt COEUBSfOimnCI. be U about printing a little folio book aboot ooriotitaet, to be intitleJ * Itinerarium Coriosam, Centuria prima, Ac' He told me he deaigned other oentnriea. This Dr. 8. is a migfatj eoo- oeited man, and *tis obeenred by all that I hare talked with that what he does hath no manner of likeness to the original. He goes all by fancy. Uenoe hit cut of Waltham Cross u not one bit like it ; nor indeed is the print of old Verulam any thing but meer fancy. In short as he addicts himself to fancy alto* gether what he does must have no regard among judidoos and truly ingenious men. He told me he had been at Tlume thinking it was a Roman City. Good God ! this is nothing but idle dreaming. How is it possible to think at this rate? Had be said Heddington, anyone of reason would have rather believed him, there being a bit of a Roman way passed there. • • . He pra- tended to have di^^overed a Roman Amphitheatre at Silcbester, a draught of the walls thereof he shewed me. This i§ again fancy. I have been at Silcbcater, there is nothing like iu Though he be a Physician, yK I am informed he knows very little or nothing of the matter. — lUliq. JJenUf p. 642. XVII. T. HsAm]rK*8 oranosf or Roon Gale. Sq)t. 12, 1726. '' Mr. Anstis (Garter King of Arms) with Mr. 5Iattairr, k Mr. Wei4 called upon me at Edmund Hall, and we s|irnt the evening with Mr. Whiteside in (*at Street. Mr. Mattaire told us (and he said he did not care how public it was made) that Roger Gale (who indeed is but a |ioor stingy man) served him a very dirty trick." *Tu xerj well known that he (Gale) in a very great Whig, a man of a very sting}' temper, notwithstanding he be very rich, and is in a wealthy post I before thought be could have written Latin 1 find now he can not.**— A^. //•#«., p. 671. A piMUS M\om% wUdi teJsiM !• 9km paUisallea of ike **Beasw ef .** ffw a Ha. la Ike C^ooa. Ukmij. wMtk Mr. Beta hmi mmim- Oa tlNdaaik d Harv. Oak aaiwloofc li, aa4 MaM^ia ^-lat'ril ika iaio Ucia, far mkkk Oala fata Ma i gitawi. wUA k§ 10 giiaa^ aa4 asf«r flsfe Ms a esiv af te W. 8TtrKBLBT| 1720. 171 XvliL Sib John Clerk to Rooeb Oalz. — H. C. From Edenbrough, April 7th, 1726. Dear Sir, Last week I received jaar letter** of the 24th of March, and return you my acknowledgeiDeats for so valuable a favor. Being in a little hurry at that time I onely took notice of two things in relation to the publishing my letters by Mr. Gordon. I hope yon have received mine, & that I need not trouble you any more about those particulars, except that my former letters (as this likewise is), were in so poor a dresse that they deserved nobody's consideration. The 'first which was addressed to you came from an opinion Mr. Gordon had possessed me with, that your goodnesse and benevolence towards all your friends would make you overlook all their faults & weaknesses, when their intention happened to be either to please or divert you. fVom this opinion, which I am still fond to entertain, I shall beg leave to say a few things in relation to some particulars in your letter. As to your opinion that the Romans never made use of brasse ■rmea, I humbly conceive it is too generall. I shall readily agree with yon that about the time of the Antonines, & espedally after the reign of Septimus Severus, the legionary' soldiers made tite of DO arms but what were [of] iron, because, as you very well obsen'e, they knew too well how preferable iron was to brasse, to neglect it in their warlike instruments. 1 know that other leaned men, particubrly Tamebns &. Fabretti,* have asserted the same tiling, &. that the Greek poets have often used the word l^o^KOf for SfSrifioc, but I cannot agree to their reasons. Hub known passage of Hesiod, Tore S* iiv )(a\Kia fitv rf£)[(a yaXMOi S( n oTkm /ilXac S'iuic iffx* vlSupof. [Op. et D., i., 150]. proves sufficiently that brasse arrna were used before iron,£ that the two mettali were never confoiutded. Paosaniaa, in hii Laconics, assert* the aune thinga, t gives aeveiall instancea to prove that the arma of the aodeot heroes were of braaaa. I oonld * Priot«d tn Hr. OodMi^ /»«. AyfMt., p. 181, te.— R. a. » D. OeluM. TnJsBl, p. loa^B. 0. 172 XlSCELLAinDOra COUUBBrOHDIHCI. fill up a sheet with qnoUtions frocn the Greek poett to this pur* po«e, but at this time onely mention a rerj remarkable paaaage from Homer, where, after he has stretched his inrention io the ' utmost in arming Achilles, he says, \a\K%o¥. llliad xix., 372]. Here the formidable brasse sword han^^nf; from the shoalders was the hero*t chiefest ornament It is no lease evident from the ancientA that their galeie, tlioraoes, lanceo*, secures, enies, pelts, elypei, tubic, comua, & naves rostratn, were strengthened with brasse. This verse in Virgil, JKrmt«qoc micAnt pdta, mleftt J&cm mriM [jSm, wiL 7iS] prores clearij the ancient use of brasse swords, but what go*s beyond all, is the vast numbers of such mm! of arms found in Italy itjielf, k preserved in the cabinets of the nrtooai there, but admitting that the legionary toMiers in the Roman armys did not make use of brasse arms, yet this will not prove the Roman anxilian's followed the same custome ; on the coo* tran', it would ieeni even in the davs of Tadtus that iron was little known amon;; the Germanfi, for in his book De Monlms Gfrmamamm be says, ** ne femim quidero superest, sicut es genere telorum culligitur,**^ k Fabretti himself acknowledges that the Lu*itani made use of brasse upon their spear poiolSi aocording to the account Strabo has gi%*eo us of that peopfeu But as to tlie points of speara there is no need of quotations from ancient authors, for the Germans have in all age* used such of brasse. k even many of them to this day. In short I beUere vou k I mav tiZ^rr in thit, that brassr arms were seldome used by the Koman« aftt*r Trajan*s time, but that before it both this people k their suiiliar%'s made frequent use of such. I ahall onely add that if yciur opinion were univrraally to take place, it wouU prove too much, via., that there are no Roman arms, al laast sworda k poinu of spears, extant in the worid, fat if they bad been all of iron, they had been many agea ago • Yc«. vltkia two Uwm Aflar. Ti W. 8T0KKLKT, 1720. 173 with mst. The Bomans no doabt preferred iron anns to brasse, for their edge & hardnesse, yet they nnderstood likeniae to tem- per brasse to the same consistence, &. particularly valued the etemi^ of it, if I may so speak, of this metall, hence it is that Horace says poetically : "Ezegi monnmeotnm mn penanin*.** [(Uaxxx. I.] As to the linum asbestinum, I know veiy well what Pliny has said of it (^Lih. xrii., cap. 1), & that £lianas, CardaDOS,*' Scaliger,** A. Kircher,'' AldrovaDdas,**'& Beverall others have said the same, but I humbly conceive they have taken np this notion from one another, without further enquiry. Hiat there is such a linum, and even napkins made of it, is certain, and tliat it will resist a moderate heat ; but there is veiy little endence that it ever could endure the flames of a rogns, for the same father Kircher observes (Lift, viii., sect. 3rd), that the martyr St George being tyed or wraped into it, the fire consumed it, but preserved the body of the saint, & this he ascribes to a miracle ; strange " Jerame Cudsn. a cclebnted jAyMcuui, matfaeniaticUii. and philoaqiher, borDUFiTj*, IfiOl. Fim embraced tbemoDMUc order, and afuiwMdtundied medicine at Padaa. la 155! John Hamtlton. Archbishop of St. Andrew**, Primate ot Scotland, inTited him for medical aaniiance, ID which he mceceded. In fail book " De OcDitariB " he calculated the archbithop'i oatiTitj. from which be pretendi both to hare predicted hia diieaae. and to bare effected hii ent«. He wa* looked apon ai the firat of aatrologera. and baa been accnied of tnpiet; and atheiim. Arebbtihop Parker ba* defended him with gtcat abUitj. in hfi work " De Deo." againit theie cliai^i. Scaliger wai one o( bit bittenat enemiea. >Ianj ot hii wiitinin were collected and pvbliabed hj Chariea Spobn, to vola folio, 1663.— Jt'nr Orn. Biag. Diet., Vol. ti^ p. 38. * Joaeph Jiutiu Scaliger, botn in 1340, lired moch ot hit life at Lejden, and devoted himKlf to the elacidatioo of the writinpi ot antiqaitj. Xo achotar baa moTV abnnnded in contemptaoat and abonTe lanpiage toward* hia oon- Icmporarie*. Died IG09.— 3'nr Oen. Bio§. Dirt.. zL, p. 476. * Athanaaiot Kircher. a philoupber and uatbematidan o( coniiderable leaminE. bat often tancitul. Bom at Falda, in Gemanj. in 1601. Entered tbe Hodetj of Jcauit*. 1C18 ; taught uathematica in tbe college al Borne ; died 16W. " Son of Teaco Aldrovaodi, ot a noble tamilf of Bolofma : born 15S2. H« Bare great attention to ancient monnmenta ; and Madied nalatal hlilorj. Died I60u. He eitabliihed a botanic garden at Bologna. ISTI, and wa« iU ennlor till 1600 : formed a Tolauinona libraij in all bcancbei of aalnnl biriotj, which, together with hia mnaenm, ha baqneathed to the wnale of Boiogna. — Km Otm. Mif. JiifU VoL i., p. XS7. 174 MlSCBLLilfBOCS OORBttTOllDIlfCS. force of credulity ! For tfaii effectoallj dastit^ji his nodoo about the iDCombustible nature of this linum. If I remember right, AldroTandus {Lib. viii.) de Mettall, speaking of the asbestos, tells the same story. So that if we are perswaded of the credolity of Pliny in a hundred instances, & of the superstition of these two bst mentioned, we will hare but a weak foondatioo to establish the use of this linum in the ancient funeralls. I cannot in the meantime doubt of its property to resist humidity, and that sotoe times it might be used for wraping up the ashes of the dead, k do believe Pliny, k others before him, took their grounds from this to ascribe a greater share of durability to it than it natoraUj had. Too are pleased to ask me a question, ^ Why might not the northern nations bring this customs of burning the dead finom the east, as well as receive it afterwards from the Greeks ? *^' Possibly they might do so, but it is more probable that thej learnt it from the Germans, their neighbors, or perhaps from the Gauls, and both these nations from the Greeks, in the manner I have narrated in my former letters. I thank yoo kindly ibr the inscription you have communicated to me. I agree with ytm perfen ancient cotamn mt Rome. — Vid. It^JTm^H. nt torr Lrfia. *> QrmtU dictan— R. O. " Thi« iroald prore loo macb. vii., that all tbe olh«( Legion*, except the femu, lued >imt of braMC. — B. G. " Edeu, » neepucle, t. Lnjd'i Iiuh-EngUih DiclioDuy.— B. 0. ■ Qordooe Iti^ Se^tnt^ p. 190.— E. O. * OordoD'i Itim. Srptemt., p. 116.— B. 0. « Jtin.&plnt.—^Q. • Aia. SifUnt^ p. 183.— B. 0. 176 MI8CKLLAKBOU8 CORESSrONDKKCt. been corutarvm, and tlut the peo|>le of Corcbester were called Coriatas, as the Spartans of old were called Spartiat«, or Swofyriirrai, moch used by Herodotus. Before I break off I must beg a favor of you, which is, if I be not too troublesome, to let me know the nature k constitution of your Antiquarian Society, of which I hare the honor to be a member. I wouU be glad likewise to know who are members, & the ordinary qualifi- cations required in them. Forgive me if I ask too much, your afiaini considered. You have officers who can do this, k perhaps what I am asking is allready in print. I am allways, dear Sir, Your most obliged humble Servant, JoHK CLsmx. XIX. Sir John Clerk to Rogrr Galc — H. C Edenbrough, 15th April, 1726. Dear Sir, I received this moment the honor of yours of the 9th instant, k at the same timr one from Mr. Gordon, m herein he tells me that ho had laid aside all thoughts of inserting our Utter* in his Ap|)endix, k that he was onely to take thr «uUtanc*e of tbetn in his own way. This piece of nems plea^ies me ntrvamN , k I hope you will krt* p him to his word. Two po!4s ago I did mjielf the honor to write to you, k among . by wUdk H Daalali af Oeiklak, iIm AsBiMa kav^M aevw teM la W. STUKELET AKD 0THKR8. 179 it can amoant to do more thas that the inliabitaDtfi of Italy used brazeo arms when iEneas landed there, and nobody disputes their use at that time. The Roman auxiliaiys most certainly used brasen weapons if levyed in a couutrey where brasse was in use, &, hence indeed we may account for such being found sometimes in our tumuli. What Tacitus means when he says of the Ger- mans, "Nee ferrum quidem superest, sicut ex penere telorum colligitur," wants a little explanation, since he tells us allmost in the next line that " Frameas gerunt angusto et breri Ferro, sed acri et ad usum habiU," Ac ; & from Cffisar* we are informed that the Britains had the use of iron, though it was not very plentifully found in this island, and it is not improbable they had then the art of forging it, because, as be says, it was produced facre, but brasse imported. That the defensive armor of the Romans, their cassides, scuta, loricse, &c., were of brasse cannot be denyed ; the reason of which may be, that it is much more fusible than iron, & consequently fitter for all sorts of cast work, as helmets, shields, breastplates, Si the rostra of ships ; it is even » qui-stion whether they knew bow to run iron or not. Iron was much properer for all malleable work, as swords & spear beads, d: therefore I believe the Legio Ferrata had its name rather from being covered with iron armor than armed with iron weapons ; and will it not conclude too much if we suppose this Legion was the ooely Ijegion that inlirely used iron weapons. Brasse was not indeed so lyable to rust & corruption, but the present service &, convenience of offensive arms was certainly more regarded thnn their future duration, for the Roman pilam was so con- trived thut it should never be used a t^econd time. ^^'Lnt I have said upon this subject I tltink will reconcile our amicable dispute, & I hope we shall n«ver have any that is not perfectly so. Before 1 wholy leave it, permitt me to go back once more to your first letter. I am inclined to think the instm- ment like the bead of a spear, found in the first barrow yoo mention,* was a sacrificing knife, as well for tbe reasons joa give aa that " Seoeapitam, inqnit Fettus, alji lecnrim, alii dcrfa- bram sneam, alii cttltellom putant,"* tbe latter of whkli I takn Con. d* Bella QaU. Ub. v. c z.— B. 0. Oocdoo's Jtw. Srpt^ f. ITI.— B. O. RoMinl Antiq. BtMa^ Ub. UL, c SI— B. O. 180 VnClLLUIEOUS CORRnPOVDlMCB. yours to be, for the cultellus may hare been snaus as wall as tha dolabra ; brasse was allways looked upon as a sacred meUll, aod that it was particularly used in sacrifices appears from Moofaocon, T. 11, c. 6. The other instnimeot I cannot doubt was a stylus, from your description of it, k its case; t no EMspiehtm^ be[cause] we are expressly told that the ezta ferreo eultro rima* bantur/ We are intirely a^jeed upon the Linum Asbestinuro, onely I would take notice as a farther confirmation of your 4 my own sentiments, that Pliny dos not in the least intimate thai the Romans were burnt in it, his expression, ** Regum inda funebres tunics,** Ac, fixing tlie use of it to the burning of tba kin^s of the countrey where it was found. Your conjecture. Sir, about the shspe of the letter L, k, in the last inscription I pent you is wonderfully ingenious, aod I should most readily acknowledj^e that it might hare baen taken from the Dalmatian alphaliet, k of near affinity to the Greek, but that it is found allso in tlie other inscription I sent you of Calpumius Agricola, where there h no mention of the DalmatA, and what is more, I have, since I wrote to you« accideotally mett with another copy of the Elenbrough inscription* where the tran9er has plainly shown tlie letters in question to bare been Hisr. As I am sure he had never heard of my conjecture, nor I M*en his copy, I cannot but think bin writing them so is wboly owing to his greater sagacity k accuracy in rending tba inscrip- tion, than that of the first copyist. I thought the castle of Edenbrough rather owed its name of Castrum Alatum to a figurati%*e expression of its loAy situation than to any wing of horse quartered there, for which pnrposa I am well apprised how unfitt it is ; and that the wm^fmrm of Camden are all imaginary. Therefore I acknowledge your con* jectures for placing thi» (*ai4rum Alatum at Cramond to be rery strong, though not decisira, for CramcHid being at so small a dis- tanci* from Edenborough, why might not some oommandar of the Tum^ quartered at Edanborough bare a ooontrer rHirmant at (^ramond, k erect this altar' to tba goddaaaas af tba town 4 • ll«lsanr as Softlbas. li^ L. c. C Ds CWal as fsHgto Urn., pw 1.0. t v.iiasaUterftaOseaMMJba»Jipr.,pwlia,platoH if.!.— l.a W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 181 ooontreyi & so Castrum Alatum, or AkUerva^ still continue at Edenborough, the inscription including both, & distinguishing them. I wish the three last lines had escaped a little more per- fect than they are represented by Mr. Gordon, but I take this to be more the fatdt of devouring time, than his. As for the Antiquarian Society, I cannot but look upon it as still in its infancy, & scarcely formed into such a body as it should be, though of 5 or 6 years standing. It was first begun by a few gentlemen, well wishers to antiquitys, that used to meet once a week, & drink a pint of wine at a tavern, for conversation, from which we have not yet been able to rescue ourselves, throngh difficultys we have allways had to encounter in providing our- selves with a private room to hold our assemblys in, though long endeavouring it, & now in hopes of obtaining commodious chambers in Grey's Inn for that purpose.* I think it will be of more advantage to us than is in generall view, for by this means we shall not onely be honored with the accession of some persons of the first quality, who object, with a great deal of reason, to our present place of meeting ; but I am sure it will cutt off a great many uselesi»e members, that give us their company more for the convenience of spending 2 or 3 hours over a glasse of wine than for any love or value they have for the 8tudy of anti- quitys. Our number is too large, being limited to no fewer than 100, &, I believe there are 90 actually entred as members in our books, though we have had 2 or 3 reviews & expurgations. We have some few rules as to admissions, ^ other regulations. Every body proposed to be a member is to be nominated one Wednesday night, & character given of him by his proposer, that the Society may have time to enquire into it, before they ballot for his admis- sion the Wednesday night next following, but I don*t recollect that any one proposed was ever rejected. As soon as any new member is elected the proposer pays down his admission fee, which is half a guinea, to be applyed to the expeooes of ttie society. No election or new regulations can be made except nine members are present. Besides the half guinnea payd upon admission, one shilling* is deposited every month by each mem- * Cbftmben were procured in Ony't Inn the October foUowing. but to little and inoonTenient. — B, Q. * Twro ahillings linoe meeting at Onj*s Idbw—B. O. 182 MISGILL4KS0U8 CORftlSrOIIDIIIGS. ber, & this money hM been hitherto expended in boring a few books, but more in drawing & engraving, wherebj a great manr old seals, ruins, &, other monnments of antiquitr hare been pre- sened from oblivion, Si the dinger of being intirely lost in a little time. As for the expenses of wine, every bodv pays for what he calls for himself. We have a treasurer to collect t keep our mone}', &, make all payments as ordered. A secretary,^ that takes minutes of what passes or is read before us, t entera at length all that we judge proper in a register book. A director that oversees the drawings, engravings, iic, t keeps all our copper plates, and papera, t prints, k manages the baOot when requisite. A president, who proposes everything to be done to the Society, who governs us, and keeps us in as good order as he can ; be nominates vice-presidents for the year, that one of them may be allways there to supply his place if absent. We meet at 7, k wry few »tay after 10 in the evening, on Wednes- day nightiL New officera are choM* for the ensuing year, t our accounts examined the 3rd Wodnesdsy in January. We seldome fiiil of having something curious laid before us, or lome pieces in learning read to the comfMiny. Our discoune is limited to topicks proper to our constitution, all jioliticks, news« A other subject* not relating to antiquitvfk ic learning, being excluded, which is ab«>lntely necessary, as well for the answering the eoda of our institution, a* to obviate ill disputes k quarrels that would ari^r in a nociety of gi*ntlemen of sll profesnioos k opinions ; but hitherto we have kq>t m> gixid a IianiKMiy, that should a i4rangrr come accidentally among u«, he would not suspect any diflereoee in our M^ntiments a« to puUick sfiairs. In matters of curioMtv, debate^ in* the life : in our private sfTaira they canncit allways |je avoidcii, l*ut ne\er run high, lieing kmim drtermined bv the ball(»t. I had allnKMt forgott to sr«|uaint you that wben«*ver we publish any prints Acewry member ha* a dividend of them as agreed on, tbt- rr«t wr m*I1 a» w«*|| a» we can, k the monev is paid to the tn*asurer, towards carri'ing on uew works. I am, dear Sir^ your moa humble Senraot, R. Gau. W. 8TDKELEY AND OTHEBS. 183 XXI. Letter frou Sir Johk Clerk to Roqer G-ale. — H. C Pennyeoick, Jane 2nd, 1726. Dear Sir, I bad acknowledged yonr favors of the 26th of April, but delayed giving mynelf that pleasure till I should see Mr. Gordon's book. I have now seen it, &. becauBe the last part coa- cems me most, I cannot help regretting to joa that Hr. Gordon has not at all answered my expectations, & the promise he made me. I was in hopes he only would have made use of the con- tents of my letters as his own, but in pUce of this I find them not onely inserted at length, but in a most incorrect way. I foresaw that this would happen, amongst other inconveniences, so pressed him over & over again not to meddle with them. I cannot now help what is done, but have caused print the errata after the Appendix in as many copys as are to be sold her& I likewise ordered the printer to send them to Mr. Qordon, that they might likewise be inserted in other oopys. No new thing has been added except where I speak of the Linum AsbesdnDm, I say it could not resist the force of a vehement fire. The Bishop of Hadria's letter obliged me to this caution, though not very necessar}', for by the very way that the honest bishop tells his story, it appears that the cloath he saw had never been in a rorrus, otherways all the cineres had been collected, & not a part of them. If he bad made the triall, as be says, of its inoom- bastiblc quality, it was onoly in an Italian fire, &, not on a heap of wood expo»ed to the wind, &. suflicicnt to melt iron itself. 1 shall only add, by the by, that all he proves is that this cloath could resist humidity, & afler a decent manner in a tomb, or an urn, preserve the cineres of the dead. To retom to Mr. Gordon, though he had done me a great kindoeMe, not to pat ne so much in hia Records, yet I am obliged to forgi%'e him, for I dare say he had my credit no Icsse in view than his own. As to tb« errata, I must impute them to my own bad band & way of writ- ing, with which I doubt you are scarcely aoqoainted as yett As to the rest of Mr. Gordon's book, it is realty a work above my expectation, k might have pleased everybody had be been 184 mSCELLAKEOUtS COBEnPOHDIIIGS. leM6 precipitant in publishing it I was not wanting in giving him Horao0*B advice* Nooamqae preoiatar io ftonui Membranis iotai potitit, d«lere lieebit Qood Doo cdiderU, ncadt toi nitM revcrtt [Ml^, md Pim. 1. tM]. But poanbljr he ban done better if he has acquired bj it new A able friends to get him put in i way of living. I cannot omit nuking some apoloj^ for him in relation to what he sajs of the speech of Oalgacu^, p. 136. I once endeavored to persuade him that it was onely a fiction of Tacitus [Agricola c 30, 31], con- form to a liberty ui^uall among historians, t that there was no reasoning from anything contained in it to the advantage either of Oalgacus or his Caledonianfi, But Mr. Oordon*shigh respect io his countrey hath carr}'ed him too far, t made him commit a sort of laudable fault There are other instances of this infirmity in p. 137, but his bns\'ne«M« as an antiquarian rather than an historian will attone for all. The liest that could have been said for the Caledonians wa.« that thou;;h they had been conquered, yet the Itomans could not retam their conquesta. I am, I con- fesse, of the opinion of some learned men that it is a reproach to a nation to have re^istinl the humanity which the Romans laboured to introduce. As to the rest of Mr. Qofdon*s book, — Vhk |i]«im niuot nnn ego |««a«. Oa^mdMf mmemlf, [l>u€ md Pirn. 1. SSI]. I return you many thank« for tlie account you tent me of your Society, I wish it were Mill under a greater incouragement A little of the royall bounty & favour would be of singular ni^^ to it, but it will be hard |icn>tiading a true cuurtaer that there is any* thing in the study of antiquity^ alio\e other trifling sludys ; 4 yet it may lie d< iiic»n»tnitr«l that iHidiin^ will tend more to pro- flsote true British spirits iti tlir k»vr of their coontie^*, liberty, A glory. One mu«t lie of a rery alj<*ct frame of soul wbo cannot receive any impre^ion« of thi« kind from the sentiments or valiant actions of the Grt-eks k RimunSb We ace what use the learned Bishop of Caiubray*' made of his kaowMge ef the ancients to forme the mind of a prince : what art the heroa of ** AdvcBCsfis oC TtlsMtebtt^" bj FcasUfli. «W vat W. SIUKELBY AKl) OTHERS. 185 tntiquitj bat so many models by which ve may square our lives and actions? I am pleased to find by yours that you do not alltogether disapprove of my notion as to the ancient Alphabets. I cannot indeed insist on the letter X in your insoriptionB as being of a Qreek original], but nothing is more certain than that the Boman aiixiliarys did sometimes use their own letters. I gott lately a piece of a stone with these letters, Cob. BAt., which no doubt is Cobors Batavorum. There are other letters upon it, but not to be read. The stone has been at first a square, & about 2 inches thick. The piece I have is about 8 inches long, and of this shape" theh & A are remark- i—~-t able, being plainly gothick. To return /CO l\. O r\i J to your letter L A, yon have very good ^""^^ ' ^ ^^ reason to think it used about tlie time ^"^•^•J^^ of Marcus Aurelius, however, I inny safely pronounce it never was a true Roman letter, for no inscription at Rome ever con- tained it. All the ancient MSS. abroad (I mean those before the 5th k, fith century) have the letter L uniformly written, as yon will observe from Mabillon de re Diploinaticft," wherefore we must, as I say, recur to letters used among the auxiliary troops. These have been collected b}' sevcrall writers, &. the same Miibillon has given us the old gothick alphabet where the letter L is plainly the same with yours in the inscripUon you sent me, tt it is not improbable that the}- took it from the same letter amongst the Greeks inverted. Since I am upon this subject, I most aoqtuint you that there is here a clergAinan well skilled in the Irish or High- Und language, who is writing a book to shew that the Jtatin is for the most part derived from this language ; however ridiculous this may seem at fir^t sight, yet the clergj'roan seems not to want some reasons fur bis opinion. He proves in the first place that tlic Irish language is the old Celtic ; that this was the language of tbe Gauls ; that this people subsisted in Italy long before tbe Romans, who were composed at first of sererall nations, k. among the rest of Gauls, who introdoced many of " lUi MMM, which wmi in Clerk'i ponefiop. ii now BlKiii(. — Bminer, p. tVT. >'«. IIOI. •• De re Dlplon.. p. 817. Pabliib^ in (oUo, at Fub, in IMI, aad witlt Mna«B»«nt in 1T0«. See Btgmmm. 186 MiaosLLAKsous coERttroyDOKaL their words into the Latine. I tm afraid thii work wiD bo of no edification y but the poor man is just now sweating upon it, & dajlr making new discoTerjs for the honor of the ancient Cale- donians. I had a letter from Dr. Stokeley tome weeks ago, written in his way, with a good deal of humor. He seems to be ravisht with the prospect he has of a rurall life. I beg leare to trouble you with the enclosed to him. I have left it open for jour perusall, but in case this may displease the Doctor, you may be so kind as to teal it up before it be tent I am uncertain where to write to him. I am allways, with the greatest respect, Dear Sir, your most humble Senrant, JoHK Clckk. XXII. Roger Gale *^ from tbe cell or Crowlakd at Cot- TENHAM,'^ TO Dr. WiLUAM StURELET, AT GraNTHAM, IK LofooufSBiRE. By Caxtoh RAa**— IL F. St. J. Dec 7, 1726. Dear Doctor, I cannot but look upon myself as under the highest obligations to you, since you hare, to pleaae me, for once broke the rule you had layd down of ncrer writing to London bat upon bonynesse. I am so seoctble of the delight k adrantage I re> eeived from your eouTenation that I cannot but regrsft your absetice k the more since you are determined to eorraipofid so Utile with your oU friends. But as I well know the artiritT of your mind, which cannot giro iti^lf up to a nflmse torpor k vetumum, I promise myself to be fsvourrd, now ii then, with a line. At least I hope it will not uitfer you to bury all thcy^ obsenrations you hare made upon Stonehenge, Abury, k other British Antiquitys, in the tracing k illustrating of which you ha%*e spent so much time k pain%, 4 which, if you ever pobli%h them, I belicTe will do tou mcire honor, k iounortaliiie toot name with greater marks of di«tinctiun« than any thing uf \ouni that the world has yett seen ; 4 it is no saall matter of joy to me that I have now a sort of promisr under your hand for iu Ma ly Msa AHet W. 8TUKELET AHU OTHEBS. 187 Tour reasons for yoor retiremeDt" are bo good that I not rd Derby'* is as much a Philosopher as your- self, none of his friends being now honoured, as I can hear, with a line from bim ; I am sure I have not for above this 6 ownths ; but I must do bim the justice to assure you he never was a great writer, seldome giving anybody tbe trouble of m letter, but when he had noroe busynesse to do, or enquiry to make. You will think me allso a very slow correspondent till I acquaint you that yount, though dated the Slat of November, did not oome to me till the 28th ; th.-it ibc next morning I was forced to go out of town to see a relation tbat I expected to have found dead here, but is now pretty well recovered ; t that I lye weatherbound ht-re by a deep snow, without any prospect of a speedy release, thougb much wanted at London, where I shall allways be glad to ht-ar of that contentneDt of mind yoD enjoy, the utter extirpation of your Hypo, &, all that felidty which ia moat heartily wi^t you by. Dear Doctor., Your most faithful! friend & bnmble aervant, B. Qalb. 188 iiiscsLtJUiBui;i» coiuuttPoKunici. XXIII. WiLUAM Stukblkt ''to Samuel Oalb, Eb^^ at THB Custom House, London/* — H. F. St. J. Ortntfasm, 6 Feb., 1726-7. Dasr Mr. Samuely Sometime it comes into mr mind to refleet upon the qoarrelltngs that bare past between too &, I aboat the Comitrjr life ; k the earnestness t pure nature, with which 70U hare ex* presid yournelf upon these occasions, seem present to me again. I, that at that time laughed at jour paintings of the innooeoi pleasures there only to be met withal, of the ;n^een fields, the shady woods, the brook*, the fresh steams sri»ing firom com A grass, the odorous exhalations of flowers k flowering shrubn, A a thousand more charming topics of that tort, am now become on a sudden the most ready advocate on your party, k truly, I believe, never man tasted them with greater delicacy. When I consider this within myself I find *tis no lens than a divine admonition that drew me insensibly to my truest felicity, that over ruled in my favour the sett of notions I hsd then formed in my head, k proposed ss the scheme of life ; that removed the gilded prospect of imaginary enjoyment, k gave* me in its stead solid content As fsr ss I can recall my reasonings at that time, the}' were founded upon the conceit that there can be no conver- sation worthy of a man of sence but at London. There alooe we have the liberty to expatiate k shine in the se% rrml qoalifiea- tions genius or study k application make us masters of. IWre only we can meet with souls tunc«d up to our own pitch, k indulge the pleasure of taking k giving instruction, of iaprming k enlarging our idea«, k rrvdling in mental rapturr ; k *ti« not to be denyd but that in a grL*at measure* suih it tlir case ; k no one was more sensible of it than mvsrif, or rioted more in the luxunr of oonversation A contemplation. Ne%rnhrle»a it broumrs a Ban that would make his judgment eiact in all things not to form it upon partial enquiry, k proooonoe senirooe when he has eoosidersd mstters by halves, or dedarr the event of expcrioseiils he has not tryd throoghly. I think now^ on the conlraryt that when circumstances are duely weighed* w hen ad% antages 4 advantages are sou one against t'olbcri the diffemoe as not w. sti:kelet and others. >89 enormous as one might at first be induced to think. For in the first place it will never be granted that all the men of sence t conversible part of the world are at Ijondon. I believe most will own tbey know full weU to the contraiy, &. that one such person here is equivalent to ten there. In short I can't compare that matter to anything more apropos than feasting at an extravagant entertainment, &. dinlnir with a keen appetite on a moderate repast Such IB humane nature that luxury surfeits & temperance acnates our taste & digestion. And let any body ask themselves fairly the question whether, af^er the ordinary couversatioa of the Town, they return home one time in ten wiser than they went in any thing that is real wisdom, & I believe the answer will be ■very short. However, let this matter stand in as fair a light as any ones imagination or inclination will chuse to place it, it must needs be owned that if the country be defective in some points of entertainment & curiosity, they have others that come not far short of it to a well turned mind, I will not say many vastly superior, because it would look like a resolved prejudice. In all action!' of my life I always jud;;ed according to appearances, & with as much impartiality as possible. 'Tis necessary to tty all things before we can make a truly judicious choice, & after I have tryd twice the town & country distinctly I must needs declare my sentiments in favor of the latter. So much in general terms upon that qaestion, now whilst yon are canvaaing matters of politique, & disposing of Empires, t the like, if any care of your old friend rrmains I will let yon know what I am about. I am fallen into a verj* pretty mixture of business & amu>iement, wherein happyneM of life consista. Last summer I spent in fitting up part of my house, k levelling my ground for gardening, in which I am at (his time very intent I am planting greens, flowers, alcoves, herbs, fruit trees, & what not ? I am laying out the alations of dyala, urns, t statues, inoculating misletoe, & trying vegetable experiments. Within doors 1 am fitting op my study, whidi has » moat charming prospect over my garden & adjacent valley, pret^ modi like that at Amcsbury, &, just within bearing of a gTMtt ccaeade of the river, which is very n«ble &, solemn ; that by day raiaea the mind to a pitch fit for study, by night lulla one adeop wiUi a 190 MISCILLAKIOnS CORRnroiTDIICCB. most grtteful noiie. In my hall I am fixing 4 bnatoa, mfUr Um Antiqo6| on termini between done pillaftert. In the town we bare setled a monthly asaembly for dancing among the fiur aex, t a weekly meeting for convereation among the gentlemen. We have likewijie erected a small but well diaciplined Lodge ofMaaona. The recommendations of some of my good friends at London, Mr. le Neve, Mr. Folkes, the D. of Ancaster, L^ Pembrokei Ac, hare had that good effect as to procure me a pretty acquaintance among the neighborin^r gentry t quality, which is numeroua, k some business; I have likewise had some good fortune in tike town in exercise of my medicinal studys which now I have resumed. So that every part of this moat delightful country ae become my province, k my hone, who is a roman Squire, under the appelative k title of Squire Dick, as Mr. Stevens can wilneaa, instead of tumuli, &, camps, A statioos, can find the way to many a good mansion where he A his master are well earreswd* I have worked so hard in my garden as to sweat out all the London fog, am become vastly athletic, A can eat almost a whole fillet of veal without orange, A which yet at thb place are plentH ful at pence a piece ; my antient country complexion » relanicd to my cheeks, the blood flows brink through ever}' anastomoais, ay lips recover their pristin red, A my own locks, moderately curled, resemble the Eg>'ptian picture of Orus Apollo, or the embieoi of rejuveniscence. It would ravish you to think with what plsaenre I take a book in my haiKi A walk about ay garden, ay own territory a, mea regna, as Virgil calls it, eurroaaded with the whole complication of natures charms. I now begin to fancy I could write somewhat to purpose, when freed from the hidcooa crys A nauseous noises of the Town, where, as Horace [EfitL iL 2. 73.] says FsiCiast calidM ««li« fir«lisq«« t^itmpm ; Totiq— t »«tte Upidrvi. amm !»§«•• ■■rtitae u TlifClA rDbsalU Iscuuilsf tmtf% pIsMtHt ; Hat rsMoM Imgkl cmim. kae Hrt«l««u r«M Mi Scvipsoffvei ckoHM oeuiis ssai asBa e( f^ifiti I begin now A then to peep over ay old papen A drawingai A aaong antiquity matters Aburj eeeaa to tovdi ay hnej the at preaent, A probably, if bsaiMa doe Mi loo W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 191 croach upon mj time, I shall publish it in a year or two ; wherein I shall show somewhat probably that will put the world into a new way of thinking in a matter of some importance. However I shall endeavour to do justice to what I take to be the finest monument in the world, & one of the most antient, which our Country may well boast of, as Egypt of her pyramids & obelisks. I should be glad, dear Sir, to have an epistle from you at your leisure. I am not afraid of conversing with you, or of being shaken in my resolutions, because I know you already so far prepossessed in favor of rural delights. If the war*^ has not engrossed all our attentions, & there be still a small regard to learning, pray let me know in what condition 'tis in ; & if you want a lit^e true country air take a trip hither & goe a hunting. In a fortnights time we are to have another great meeting of a dozen Lds. for that purpose who stay in Town 10 days. If you have a mind to purchase, here's a pretty house & garden next to mine to be sold for £200, which you may make a half way house into Yorkshire, & qualify you for voting in our County. Pray give my most humble service to your brother, & sister, & Master Roger, & after I have given you my inscription" I cut in a stone after the Roman manner, & sett up in a vast wall I built to sup- port a terras walk, I desire leave to conclude myself. Tour old friend, & most obedient servant, Wm. Stukxlet. XXIV. Samuel Gale to ^^ Dr. Wic. Stukelet at his house IN Grantham, Lincolnshire. Done at Kapnopous March 30, 1727."— H. F. St. J. Dear Doctor, The favour of yours from Grantham has very agreably convincd me that the rural felicities, which in so elegant a man- ner you enjoy, have not yet erazed oot of your mind all the ideas of your old friend ; in return grmteftill (though I mm often " Thii war wm between Uie King of Spain and the Emperor, and France, England, and Pmifia. Preliminaries of peace were dgned at Plaria, 81 Mi^, 1727, and finallj conclnded at Seville in NoTember of aMBC jaar. ■" FLVMIXA AMBM STLVASQVB DIOlORnrB CHTnXMUUL ITSC 192 1CI8CXLLAXIOU8 COEaUPOVOIMI. stonned with the boane dinn of a tmnalioot town^ k hnrrjrd about in the eddy of affairs), I astare yoo I ahall erer apply lo my much esteemed Steukeley what Virgil {EcL i, 60] taid of hi« AuguBtui AnU !•▼•• ergo pMecator in oM^cft Osnri, Aot Araria^ Partboi libct, aat 0«rMMiUi Tlfiia, Qoim Dottro illioi labator pedort mlUM. I am extreamly ^lad that I hare protelited one mon» to mj party, as you now fairly own your lelfe to be, henceforth all dis- putes must cease about that dinne topick which nerer ought to be mentioned but by tongues harmoniut t inspired^ for none else can tolerably or pstheticsly describe that rapturous state Aoreot bsDC Tiua In Urrit Sauihoi sfe^ [ ^*W* ^-^ U* ^^0 and now the truce being thus hapily confirmed between us, I con- gratulate you upon your glorious choice, I admire the beautifuD disposition of your laurontinum, your hall, your terras, k your fine cascade. These all raise in me sublime sentiments k I am lost in the vast etendue. But a» the heavenly powers hare not yet granted me such a recess, each matin sigbe resoonds with O bcAU nu qoMi4o it ■•piriai« And now what asylum shall a distressed inhabitant of Loa- dinium five to? I must owne I have no other resource but the pfacefull manes of the antients. with whom I am never tired, never disoumponed, preferring thus the few instnMtive dead lo the more numerous 4 srnj»eless living. How few of our hoars can we here pass ratiunaly away? Amongst those spent thus, I reverently place our antiquarian periods, some of which will not be unscoe|iCabli* to you. Hi* y have begun the new year with new a|»artnicnta in Gray» Inn. Two &*cretaries are appointed to assist Dr. Massey, gentlemen equal to your offios, litterati 4 travellers, 4 not unskillfuU at the pencil. Oar groat loaraa- mrnt I presume yon have seen. We are now basis in piesiiiing the lofty ruins of Fumeas Abbey brlongiag lo the Duke of Montague. Last Wednesday the Revi^ Mr. Laowtt read os a critical dissertation upon the keys 4 dooia of the aatiema. He designs to oommoaicalc several other essays in thai way ; tW same eveoiAg Mr. Peek presenud his Amimnm %mtm ; joor W. STUKELSr AXD OTHXBS. 193 health & prosperity are frequently enquired after by the tnembers, among whom I presume you still continue : yoar name as yet sbineing in our Ann a Is. And here I mast give a loose to my greife whilst I not only deplore your long absence, but the fatal loss of so many of our Society, who by tbeire works rescind the world from death, & are themselves made immortal. 0 Winchelsea, 0 Talman, names more fragrant than ro^es, or Arabian sweets ; the first tlie father of antiquities, the last the indefatigable conser\'ator of all that can be called curious both of the past £ present age ; one who trod not in the road of common trarsllers only ; or was satisfied with the cursory remarks of a Grand Tour, but tired with a noble desire penetrated the most hidden recesses of France, Germany, &, Italy ; no subterranean caverns were too deep for bis searching eye. Vesuvius itaelfe, though belching out sulphureous smoak, could not deterr him from looking into its deep abyss. The sacred Temples, how has his pencil touched your heavenly beauties, what lights has he thrown in upon your domes? Your antique roufs o're crusted witli mosaick, your trsselated floors, your rich eiiibellished altars, your painted win- dows, your walls adornod with holy story, your reverend shrines, your costly vestments, ii your whole treasures, are by him all gloriously transmitted to |)osterity, whilst Brittan admires & emulates Greece & Rome. Beside these two illustnoas many more could I recouiite whom tht^ envious yeare hatb too lavishly snatched from us. Annus illc infaustus et omnibus bonis exosua iLa>s upon your time, or like a swelling torrent find no bounds tn my passion, I must abruptly quitt tliis topick, & under this shock, this crush of nature, endeavour to be calm k undisturl>ed. This Summer, if Heaven permitts, I may pay yon a visitt, view your rural retrmt, & partake of your amtuements, I caot say much to the country house you desire me to bity, it being loo remote for ray affairs. A sketch f>f it, t what land bektngs to it, with its usual rent, if approved on, may however indooc me to be a purehaser. In the interim I pray the divine power to 194 XViCEIXAXCl>Us <*ORnESfOyOEXCC have & ooDtinoe the great &, i^ood Chyiidoiiax under its protecCioo, & take the liberty to assure bim that I am his affect Ireind, i, very humble lenrant, Saml. Gaul P.S. Tbe close of the laj^t wicked vear cbe stooe killers haire been exceeding busie in pulling down the great hou«e, belonging to the Lord prior of St. tJohnn of liicrusalcm, extra < *ivit, LomL, . having broke down all tlit* curved work thereof with axea A: hammers t carrj'ed away the |)ainted glaM of tlie gn-at |iarK»ury for which the sordid brutt'^ diMiiaiui an extravagant »uni, A. tlie scite is already covert*d with brick bovoU. Sir rr»»utagu!% Jobo* son k all the virtuosi greet you, more especially our family. Mr. Jacomb beggn to U* rememljervd to yoti. XXV. CHTSDOSfAX (Dr. StIKELXT) **T0 SAMftL (tAlJ:, E«g,, AT THE Custom Ifor>i:, Lomkjn."— H. F. St. J. Granthaniy •! Apr., 17i7. Di*ar Sir, 1 have M*nt you lu*n* ilie ichnograpliy/ A corre^|H*n«lmt upright|Of the Iioumt adjoiiiin;: to mine, (a my Mable« a tU* |iar* tiiion wall b(*twe<*ii u^, H « iIm* brt*«lth of the gunlen ofthi« lH»u«r« 130 footf tin* Kime a*» mine, \ :f3<) font l«»n;:| f«|ual with niinr too, bavin;; a cbanning pn»i»|ief*t tnH.inl tlie river Jk %all«*y l«-low it. D K tlie front of tin* Iioum*. INi font). Ti« a goi^l okl liell- built, Mone buikling, i^latcnl riM»f, ;;4Miii timl>rr, ttoiH* mu!lif»iird windows, as is tbe nH*tlirt«. If %um have a fanry t«i bu\ it, I hiI! ik ;.*i« i.itr t<*r \**\i. Voii in:iy |«ull it down, &, build a n«*at l»«»\ out «»f iIh- Mufl, lur a balf %ia% bcHi*« into Ycirki^hirei or y<»u may n*«4r%e a Mifficirnt kalging. A, let the remaimler, for tlu* inlrrtM «if tb«* niotM*\. *Ti« n«>%i k*! f«»r illO p anil. It will enabk* you liow«*%-«*r tn wk«at at «iur ek^rti«ifii^ Or if vou chuiie to n*!n-at bitht-r in Minimer fcjr a mbile, A make tbe garden spnior, yt»u may ctm^titute me your RoAtan^M lta«haw, or aup(*rintrndent of your garden*, Sultana«, 4 ihr like. *Tia * TW •km€k !• V hitk nlumtm i« Mi4t. m flvM ta iW Icftat . Wm tiains^ W. STUKELEY AKD OTHEBS. 195 certaio this connti^', above all that I koow, is exceedingly de- UghtAil for hunting, riding, air, prospect, &c., nor doe I except ei'en my darling ^Viltshire ; every day & every junmey I take, 1 am more &. more ravished with it, & with [the] Antiquitys [with which] it abounds. The great Ermin street runs just above us ; a roDian ctty, Paunton,^ 2 mile olf ; &. many more very near ; the Foss is but about 5 mile; Belton House, a delicate seat & park, 2 mile ; Sison* jtark, the like distance ; Belvoir castle, 4 mile ; Honington camp, a charming castnim cohortis, 3 mile ; & all the roads round us arc at this instant so thick with violets that you can scarce bear the fragrancy. The particular situation of Grant- ham is most admimblt, a very large concavity, hills quite around at the reasonable di:t have somewhat good tt solid to feed upon, hut then it must have time too to digest it, or 'tiii burthonstmic. And living always in I>mdoii is like being at a continual feast, gorging ones self without remission, & o%'erlnadiug the intellects with « confused & distemi>ercd medley. I have spent a great deal of time in collecting an infinity of drawings, ik materials of anti- quityn, ii philosophy, which fur tbe tooHt part no body has ever seen, & now I shall have no iiitermption from exiDiining them throughly, &. being perfectly master of them, not retarded by accession of new matter ; which but miser-likfl adds only to our store without use & need, which discourages &. hinders one from ■ Little Fuatoo. ■ Sjmai. 19C XISCELUOIKOrs COBBBSPOXDDCE. doing anything to purpose : witness our daoeued friend Mr. Bridges/ & others. For we are affrighted by the Terr thoaghta of a huge shapeless mass of frnpeni, t which are still growing upon UBj if we don^t apply timely. You remember old Arriaga, whom I have sub-divided into 9 volumes as portfolioH, & in him I have distributed my cullections of drawings in proper ciaMeft. To turn these over is a commmi amusement to me, k in»tead of our friend Talman*s copes, glove*, bodkins, slipper*, 6i the like religious trumpery, or our Omiond Street collection of £30(K) or more expence of imaginary' sketches & fantastic inventions of great masters as called, I view an infinity of real remnants of the grandest, most instnicti%*e, k curious, monuments of the antients, under the titles of bu«t.«, statues, bassos, (E:;yptian, Celtic, architeciure, ins4Ti|ittons« Ca*sar, Sic. ; but I K|H*nd at present, or rather li%e twic*- o%'er. a good deal of time in my garden. You <*:m't but imagine that traversing a little spot of ones own is vastly more delightful than even the mall, or the heath of liam|Mtead, or the ring, k the like, where we have nothing pn>|M*r Init the cimiiiHm air, k S4*arrely that without tlie M>phi Miration, k corruption* ne«>*»^ary In the neigh borliotid of you ( 'a|Kio|M»litan!i. Thiming I K*t m ith my own handi« two or three yards of ficymum, majorana, mrli«i4« k some mon* ht*rli!» of that M>rt, swe«*ter thon the naine^ tliein* selves, under the windows of my dining nmni |iarlor« over which is my bedchamber k study. Tliene ba%'e a soiith-ea»t as|i«*(i« k with the rising beams of the sun exhale their oiit»rifcniu« stram« with great profusion. My whole ganlen near the bou«r i« planted with all the i^weet things of nature. At thi« time my circus or nmphithenirr of liNI font diameter, full of fruit tret-s, in a» white a« .t 4H-«*t with fluwers A th:it n»lor King a« it i*«-re upon the di*ep green of tlie op|io«ite deeli%'ity be\cNMl the ri\ t-r, make^ an appearance to [m]e, in my hall, •urprivingly braotifnU e«|)ecially toward morning or cvenin^r* mben the i^un •hiffie« aslaunt the hill sides, 4 •kodaney §H9 tif the /mtt c4 tJkimp^ a* MiltoQ eipreaaas iL Pall orb'4 tW aMioa. aa4 with mm9 |iliMndon. August 17th, 1727. Worthy Sir, I take this i>ji]>vrt unity of returning my thanks for your last kind ifttor, which I i-boutd have answered sooner, only was in no groat haste of purchasing at Grantham, that happy villa Wing -o rvniott* as to be wholly inconsistent with my prewnt circuni-tances. I am glad that all things there arc so much (o your ta>te. MaMcr llearno, of O.xfonl, has lately |>ublished unoihcr >i;irvling monk, ciilld Adini de Djinorham, in the front iif the j)ri'lace of which he ;iive3 u* a letter from Dr. Bayli* of lliivaiit, U|i iiiueli ]>ain^ to ininiwribe exactly. The author makes nitnv [Ntsitivc remrirks euHevming >«vcnil mi^takca not only of word> but letlen'. ]>ariicuhirly for LegatI avo k' BRItaxKIA. He re:iil> it Itegi* Magna- Britannia, an apiiellation never heard of amongst the Itoinans, nor even amongst us till the reif^ of ' Geortn Btttej, U.D.. bom mt Hmitt. Aaik. 1693, MtUad at CUcbMter. lud di«d Utete. IM OMeoiber. I'l I. Stadiad at Ltjita, ander BoaAa**, and Knuloal^il at Klicimi.— .V—f-< tt-ll^thr Ofml fWrff »f ngmicimm*. ii.. GV-TU. 198 MIBCILLAyEOrB raRRESPOKDEHCB. Kin^ James Ist, a fact of yesterday. I coald with 700 would Rett your brother phjiieian rii^bt, k convince him of bis gnMS mistakes. As to Mr. Heame, bis preface is so anpolite, so unbecoming a scholar, or an antiqnary, that I think the takeing notice of it would make it too considerable. Kcrapa of cvJIege statutes, old wives tales, & monker}', are its cheife oompositioii. Even Damerham is but a contracter of William of Halmeabory, so that bis lx>oks, bavin;; so littb* of real worth in them, are becomin;!^ exceedingly deare. I hope we shall shortly see aome- tbin;r from Grantham th.nt will meritt our just attention. All freinds desire to send tbeire re^|>ects to you, k that yna will accept my best, is the desire of. Sir, Your most affectionatelyi Galb. XXVII. W. Sti-kelet '*to Samcel Gale, Esq., at the CrsTOM House, I/Oni>ok." — H. F. St. J. Grantham, Oct. 25, 1727. Dear Sir, I riH^'ivwl your laM br vour friend Mr. Turner, to mhom pray pvr my M'nice. 1 (-an ^ny nothing; to T"m Heme's stolT, liecauv^ I b:ivf never seen it. nor pn>bably ever shall, fcr I hare d«>ne buy in;; liook«. I have now fitted up my library (k *Cis jitsi full), Ml that I may pmperly ^y I lie^nn to lire. There are two wind«)W« in it, one to tlie «*a«t. tin* otiier t«i the aooth. The prt»*pect frtiin it i* very noble k deli;;htful. l*art of it is com* pofK^l of a flrxure of our river, with a rerj^ lar);e tumulus elo»e by a tami»u« k pleasant ^prin;:. eilUil, •inee Miper^ition pre^Tiiled, St. Ann« %%ell. Thf* antierit< ln^iil to be burvitl near sprinj^ thinking tli«*re wa« a divinity in that Umnteiiu* gift of nature. Tlir fanioii« Silbur}', proliably the lar;:e«t tumulu^ in the world, i* cli»M» by tbe «|>rinf; of thf riwr Kenn«i. I ha%e adonied my Mudy with liead«, !«« n*lii*f«, bii«tfi«, um«, k drawin;:^ of Roman anti(|uity«, a« my betieliamlier ar Ion;; since m hat a cootemptihlr opiaion I always hod of the famooa Oafard MiiM|ttanr, them vkoai Dr. Mmd^ W. STUKELEY AM> OTHERS. 199 Mr. Bridges, cum maltis aliis, made such a rout Sir Isaac Neivton's bealth, sars Dr. Alead, next fellows Tom Heme's, at which I have 1au<;hed many a time. He transcribe you a passage out of a book, lately published by a neighbor & friend of mine, which he has just sent me for ft present. 'Tis called a critical & philosophical enquiry into the causes of prodig)'B tfc miracles, as related by historians. " Aoy," says he, " uninformed, senseless, heap of rubbish under the name ** of a history of a town, society, college, or province, have long " since taken from us the very idea of a genuine composition, '' Every monkish tale &. lye &. miracle & ballad are rescued from " ilieir dust & worms, to proclaim the poverty of our forefathers, "whose nakedness, it seems, their pious posterity take great " pleasure to pry into ; for of all those writings given us by the " learned Oxford antiqunry, there is not one that is not a dis- " grace to letters, most of them are so to common sense, &. some "even to human nature. Yet few set out, how tricked, how "adorned, how extolled!" Much more of this nature upon the same person my friend goes on wiih. If it be worth while to answer what T. Heme's friend says iipainst us, your brother i.< best ablo to doe it I, for my part, am now beyond the reach of such affairs. My retreat secures me I'rom malice &, vn\y & all other kinds of papcr-gall. I look upon myself as dead to London, A: what passes in the learned World. My study is my clysiuni. where I converse witli the immortal ghosts of Virgil, kc, with tlie old sages & prophets of £g\*|it, that first disseminated wisdom through the world, ii never- tliole*s, though I be defum-t to your i-ido of the world, I revive to ft fre>h life here; for 1 fancy myself younger than ever I was, that is, I have a lietter state of health. Then guess what felicity one may enjoy with wisdom, i exj>eriencc. A knowledge of the world, at theageof 2). Thisisobtaining that great |>rivilege of strength 4'f ji.i'ision, k strength of reason, united, which nature ordinarily ilcnys us. I am in a manner now got into full buMncM, k ran get 2 or £3 p annum, which is quantum sufficit, and that without loo much Iiurri- ii fatigue; fur tlic country cannot pos- sibly find t(io much work tor two physicians. And this b what perfectly suiLo my humor, for I never will make mj'wtf ft slave 200 MiscBUjancous coRiunroifDiiccB. altogether to getting of money, no more than I wonld to fruit- less studjs, k if we get our money much harder here than at London, I hope it will wear better than joor overgrown pbriidaiia estates, which soon dwindle away like a morning vapor. I aa very sure if I had lived longer at London I had by tbb time been crammed into one of your hellish vaults under a church. Now I have a fair chance of being late laid under a green turf, where undisturbed for ages one may at length be in a literal teooe incorporated into mother earth, &, say with the poet, **^ e Uunnlo nostro fortunataque fa villa nascentur violas.** Vive et vale, dulcissime amice, Stukxlst. XXVIII. Roger Galk to W. Stukelbt.— H. F. St. J. London, Feb. 6th, 1727*8. D<*ar Doctor, A lini* from you was the* greatest pleasure k surprise to ine in the world, afl^T so long a silence ; I thought I had heOB quite forgott & struck out of the album of your frieods, but to show vou how I value that name, I shall send the ordrn of inMniction vou de>ire for the voun;; man in Lancashire bv the Kr^t opportunity ; though the grt*at numlier I ba\e of them upuQ my hand«, has omMrained me to makt* my t*xcuM«s u|M»n that scxire to above twenty <»f my acfiuaintanc^e mhcv ChristmaMe. I never bad S4) much correj^pondence with I/ord \Vid«lringtoff^ vail;/. Baxter derives the name of Hunnum or Onnn, near the Ficta wall, from the British Onnen, fraxinus. As I remember, the countrcy about Ancaster is all heath, & seems never to have been proper for ashes or other trees. We are much entertained here at present with Sir Ii>aac Newton *B ehronolog}-. It is not a fienerall scheme, but onely a rectifying of the Greek, Egj-ptian, Aiwyrian, Persian, k Baby- lonian syMcnic?. Hi* hisioricall (uluulatiimN by the ages of men (the anricnl method, though erroneous by making their lives much too long), coincide most uuniltTfully, A are confirmed, as I mav p^\', by a-'tniuoinicall dem, one (»f the finest discorrrrs he evrr made. If he has had true infonnation, Woolstrop, near Grantham, was the place of Sir Isaac's nativity, k ni>t Cokler- worth, as vou have t4)ld the world. AAer all this, it is high time I should amgmtulate you upon your entrin;; into the matrimonial state, which I told vou would certainly be one ev(*nt of vour retirement, thou much tbr more ha« l»een the ladv*s merit that could make you allter tlnne firm resolutions. You may at least pnimiM5 yourself oue pleasure more than uuM liii*»band« an* bl(*st with, that i^ lH*r company in your studys ; for nothin;: lesse can lie e\|iecti-tl from a lady educat«*tl by Mr. Matt a ire, which accf»m|»li«hmrnt I am ^ure you would not have m4'ntiont*d, had not her learning answered the character of her ma.^tiT. Nnn marmarm ve^tin OiluinVv. ItrarhiA non lleilenr onn vinaini ««rti!A cmichip. And w) with all tlif ;:noil ui^he^ I cm think of I'nr vour felicity, I am, di*ar iKwtor. Vour most oblige«l friend, ^ humble servant, IL Gau. My sifter d brother joyn with mi* iu all !»er%tct-« to tbr bride k vour%t rntrrtaining diarourw brfure the Riivall Sucaeiy last Tliumlay, ciurmM«ioed bv tlRr dm wren of the Riman W. BTOKELET AXD OTHERS.. 203 puTement at Denton,'" for wbicb you are ordered the tbanfcs of that body. I am sorry to tell you it is broke into factions & partys, of which you hare no doubt been informed from other hands, & therefore I shall not give myself the uneasynesse to relate it to you. Camden takes notice of a golden helmett, & other antiquitys, found nt Herlaxton in Harry the VIII. 's time. I like well your fixing Causennis" at Paunton, for though I found it placed by my father at Xottingham, in his notes upon Anto- ninus, I allways thought that was too long a stretch, &. Notting- ham to lye too much out of the way. I am sorrj- yon seem to doubt of finishing the vast deal you bare composed on the Celtick affairs, but as you own yourself to be fond of them, your inclin- ation will certainly, some time or other, gett the better of your present disposition. Next Thursday I am to sett forward upon a western expedition, as fur as Exceter, if my time, which is limited to six weeks, will permitt. The pleasant season of the year will, as I flatter mj'self, make the journey af^reeable ; it would be intirely so, could I have the same company with me as when we travelled into the north tofrfther. I intend to spend a day at 'Wilton, where there are 30 wajrgon loads of m.irble more than when I was Inst there in September, 1725. This will not however hinder me, as I hope, from going into Yorkshire about the latter end of August, when I promise myself the greatest pleasure in seeing you at your delightfull villa. Sir I. Ne^vton wish[es] be had let his chronology alone. you[r] obscr\'ations appear to me very just. There are more mistakes than one [in] it. I will onf;Iy j>uint you to his placin;: Hei-iod, the poet, 34 years before the ^olic migration, who tolls you hims<.-lf that his father went in (Iiat colony to Asia. Homer he makes contem- porary with He^iod, iibout 34 year alter the taking of Troy. If he lived no near that time, how ridiculous would it be for him to tell us of Hector ^ Diomede^ throwing a stone as big as two men could lift, at the time he wrote bis jioem ; complaining in other places of the grunt diminution in their strength i stature, when some hundreds of them must have ttill been in the world that " 6ee/MfM. under I^Idmex. " Honlef eooiwtared Adcmut k> ba*e licco Ctuenam. moA thmt Qramt PnaioB WM Uie Ad Fontcn «f AMoaiBoa. 804 MI^BLLAKEOU8 COKRBSPOKPEKCE. were present at tbe action ; not but tbat I think the whole a poeticall fiction. However, Homer olwen'cd allways the ro wpfwopy &. would never have told such a »tory before so manv living in«»tancect objiervitions & answers to this chn)nolog}' every day. A Frenchman or two fell u|)on it Wfore it was published. Dr. Halley has taken upon himself to defend tin* aMronomicall |wrt of it, &, ban, I think, Bufliciently baffltnl tbe monnieurs in what h«* ba« already publiahl in 3 of tbe Pbilos. Tran**. Wbiston has tbrratcMied Sir Isaac long l)efore publication allso, both in bi«»tfiry &. ai^tronomy, but we see none of his performanc*e yett. I ha\e put up two printa of (»ur ^NK'ietv for vou« &, shall leave tbcni with mv sister, to be sent to Grantham by her fir^t a(*quaintaiut* tbat travels north* ward. One of them is the medals of Qmvn Elizabeth, but with some more add<*d to it ; the other is a rurinus prii«|M*rt of Far* nesM* Abby, in Lam^ai^bire, which i«i all wt* have* di»iir since tbe toumamrnt, having Ix^en all this last %« inti-r under a gn*at torpor, ti little pn»s|M*t't of (Miming out him. I nc^cr did uritr to him in mv lift*. I am, d<'ar D«N-tor, Vour mo?»t faithfull Irinid A M*r^'ant, H. (f ALC TIm' #'\«W offirr wa^ n*tnov«*«|, Frl»ruar\ tbf :?l»t, l"n»m llmnr rrtMotr«, in i»urt<»ti, U-fon* I ri*i*«i\itl \oiir litit-r, but if it had n'»t it wniiM ii«»i b.i\(* Inn'Ii in iii\ |Mi«irr tt« li.i\f «ti*pt it: ni\ I#l a;;ain«t I*ri*«tMii lor ulHfiiij them* 4 |M*liin;: tiM-in uiib dirt tV «t«>ti«>« a« tbr\ miiii t-i iIm- i U*«-tiun laM \far Itir tin* muniy. I i ••ii;;mtulal«' \**n u{miii tbi< ftii^rtuall ri-mf^h^ \n In Iliiii cuiiiT. are iwatlnirtil u|> in H'lne T«rr \ivt propniali pnlilihlicil 111 1717. >>ul with kIihI kuccvw Mr. Itrume mav lie Biiiicipucl. let Ihe worM juilcf. whf n thcT ree (he pr»|vi«ali (ulljr ■nuirervil. a* no diNibi bat tbej will. i,y Mr. Jarnen Hilt, of the Ui.lillc Templr. in hi* Uitt.cli i* Io contain an exact and rrcular account ul Ihal |>lacc, from it> m"< larlj ■;;■.' bi ihia iliae, (li>i>l(»l into tvi> part* ; Ihe Gnt uf which tnau of it! El^rle■iB>tical. till the aeconi) of it* Citil u«te;" Kawiiotun (itm the Pro*peclu>. See alao GmifAi AnunUln tf BrUilk Tfjitfn^f. 4to.. ITT^, p. 191. Nuihins •ecm* to haTe coae of It. " In IjStl appear«tl a aiofcalar book, entitled *'Chanp FlewT.~ 41a, b; OroBrej Torj. of Pant, who wai the aotbor and printer. Tbe book wu in ila daj of cunddcrabit Diiliij. AcoordinK W FoaniieT. be deriTee tbe iMten ol the Latin alphabet from the godden 10; pretending that tbejr an all fonad ol I and O. He Uien briop tbi iMten into {Moportiaa with th« baaan bodj and 206 XI8CBLLAMI0U8 CORHBSFOICDBICCI. The book is divided into three parti. In the firtt he exhorts his country-men thst they would study to refine k adorn thair own language, & discourse about the antiquity & origin of letlara. In the second be treats of the number & formation of leClers, A thetre true proportion according to the human body. In the third, of the right pronunciation iV figure of each. To these he subfoias a treatiM^ conctTuing the (*lements of various languages, k the alphabeU of the Hebrews, Greeks, &. Latins. Lastly, ha adds the square letters usualy putt in the beginnings of manuscripts which those versed in that m-ay of writeing [do] with foliage A ima- ger}*. The gutbic, the bastardc, &, sepulchml letters, k those used by the Persians, Arabians, Africans, Turks, k Tartars; the Chal- daick, the imperial,^ diplomatick (of a barbarous k rude struc- ture), the pluintastique, utopique (invented by Sir Thomas Moor in his Utopia), the flourished (such as were sett off with flowers, k antique foliage, k beautified by the illuminators with gold or ooul- ours, either in manuscripts or books in the infancy of printing). They implicated such as were used to express the persoos name in a cypher, rnfolding tiie initial letten, (as may be seen upon gold rings, windows, k old tapistr\', kc) I i*annot, indeeti, diss4*mble, but that sometimes in his elabo- rate k minut4* delineation^ of the schemes of his letten, 4 aococn- modating to tho duncu^ian [?] rule*, k form of the human body, he is triflring, k inolinea rather more to the inventions of his own fancy than to the truth of solid matter. Yet, nevertheleM, he so intermixes serious k ludicn»us affairs, k intersperses everywhere so manv plra^ant k UM*full Morie«, in^rts k illustrmtrs so manv places from the lM*i»t writt-m, antient ^ modem, adds so manv olHM*r>'ation« relating to antiquity, k the many dialects of the French nation, A tlir various pronuntiation of Irttrrs amonga st*veral other |ieoplf {$ttch as tU GermQn$^ Kmplisk^ >l« •! mkttk mws to fi«« for* Mid t$nt9 to the Wtim. Tory wm % pntmm mt ewmm4atml^ stsdima a»4 InfToyit V. Ht f rMi*loUi| vftnotu Ura»4 work* lat* timmik , aad m Io mud tkm franct* I. honc««rv«l him viik a tpocial pnvile^ far iprtaMa^ kaa^ te «i^ •idcraiAoa ol tba clKMCt or^ita to with vtoik Im etoWtoikai Iksto. lU to %UO.'^flmf0Hff'$ Mmmf < ^tof»^. T«L U «l. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 207 itiffs, Italtantf 4' """wy '^« Greeks, the Cappadociatu, Cretane, Ciliciant, Laconiant, 4* Beotiam), that at the same time he allevi- ates tbe tediousnes, & excites the study, & may both delight &. instruct the render. This work, first devized io the year 1523, he published in ihe year 1529, to which before, in the year 1526, Le had obtnined the kings privilege. Sir, if this antient writer can any way contribute to your assistance, I hope it mil be some apology for this long epistle, to which I shall only add that I am glad of every opertunity to assure you that, with great sincerity & resi^ecl, I desire to be esteemed, Sir, your very obedient Servant, S. Gale. XXXI. Roger Gale, " to Dr. Wm. Stukeley, at GnAirrHAK, IN" LiKCOi^'sniBE." — H. F. St. J. London, June the 25th, 1728. Dear Doctor, The favor of yours, with Fccl!i certificate, came safe last ni^^ht ; he may di-[>end u|>un being iniployed as soon as bis turn comes, but I ft-ar it will bo a great wliJIc first. My journey into the west was much sboriened by my sndden revocation into Cambridgi-shire, so that I gutt no further than Wellington, in SomersetHliire, & must reserve £.\ceter for another expedition, I was extn-anily entertained with the anticjuitys in the neighboui^ hood of Dor(.-be>ter & other places in that deligbtfull counlrey ; but nothing ever plcasotl me more (ban the fine head of brasse found last year at Ituih," tlii'beauly & gniresof it are so inexprr»- ttiblt', that llii>u;:)i 1 have sit-n above twenty drau;;])ts of it by good hands, yet I cannot say any one of theui c:iinc so near it at to deserve (n Le engraved, & this 1 take to be the reason that we viit se<' no j>riiils of it It is very Iwrd to determin whether it U' of a man or a woman, yet there apitears to me something so bold & strong in it that I am inclined to fiive it for the &nner. I found an originall of your cosin Hobsons at Cottutbam, taken nut of the frame &. nilled up, which bu to much damaged it that it wat)t'> a skillfull hand to re{iair it. Mr. Wood baa promised me to undertake it, & when be haa lett it to righta, if 208 icucELULHious coaBEsrom>BiCB. you will order him, or anjrbodjr else, to copy it, it is at your mt* vice. I am much obliged to you and Sir Francta for your kind iovitations, but as I fear my northern journey roust be drcipi for this year, I cannot promise myself the satisfaction of seeing joa so soon as I desire. I have not seen brotlier Sam since youn came, but will endeavor to extort a line from him to you by iIm first opportunity. &Ir. Hob^mV portraiture, by the date, was taken the year before he died, a.1). 1629, a>tat su«, 84. I wish you may Ion;; exceed his yeam, &. am, dear Doctor, Your most faithfull friend & humble servant, R Oalb. XXXII. Wm. Stukblet *'to Samuel Galk, E^., at thk Custom House, London.*' — H. F. St. J. Grantham, 14 Oct., 1718. Dear Sir, Samuel, I thank yuu for your last kind Si divertin;; letter. I spent Satunlay mornin;; last with Ivo Talbois,^ King of the OinriL His garden in vm* curious t entertain in;;. Tlie grrrns are es- c(*edin;: fine 6l utatrly, &, his oolh^rtion of odoriferous, k eioCk^ plantii, flowen*, fthrub;*, Jkc*., is highly delightful. Ho loaded OM home with roots &, mhhIs of pomegranat, lialm of gilcad, 4;c., Ibr my ganlcti. He li:i^ a nioi* donet of pictun** ; his library, meclaU, k tho like, I need nut trll vou are vcr^* \aluable. I bad like to have forgot his c«»llfction of childn*n, being No. X. boys k girU, aypii proportion!*. My wife mi«carric*d 3 days after your letter to me, the 2^ time. The embriti, about as big as a fill>erd, I buryd under the high altar in the chappel of ny bd^ mitagi* vineyard ; for thrrr I built a nichr in a ragged wall on*grown with ivy, in ^hirh I plac(\l my rtiman altar, a brick from Verulam, JL a wati*r)ii|N* lat4*ly tent nir by my Loid Colraia frtfm Mar»hlan«l. l*ndi*mrath a« a ramomilr li^l for greater eaf« uf thr lii*iHh*t| kni^e, k there we entrrn^l it, pre^nt ny wives m«>tlier, k aunt, with oeremooys proper to the occasMm. II you enquirr %i hat I am about : I am making a Cample of iIm druids as I call it. *tift thus ; ibenp is a eirrk* of ull filberd trees in the nature of a hoiig, which is 70 fuot diameter, round it ia a walk 15 fuot bniad, dmilar too, ao that tlM wbola ia 100 Ini W. STDKELKY AND OTHERS. 209 diameter. This walk from one high point slopes each waj so gradually, till you come to the lowest which is the opposite point, & there is the entrance to the temple, to which the walk may he esteemed as the portico. When you enter the innermost circle or temple, you sec in the center an antient appletree oregrown with sacred uiisletoe ; round it is another roncentric circle of 50 foot diameter mnde of pyramidal greens, ai equal inten'als, that may appear verdant, when the fruit trees have dropt their leaves. These pymmidals are in imitation of the inner circles at Stone- henge. The whole is included within a square wall on all sides, except that where is the grand aienue to the porticoe, which is a broad walk of old apple trees. The angles are filled up with fruit trees, plumb^', pearii, walnuts, apple trees, &. such are like- wise interspersed in the filherd hedg & borders, with some sort of irregularity to prevent a stiffness in the .ijipearance, &. make it look more easy & natural. But in that point where is the entrance from the portico into the temple is a tumulus, which was denominated snowdrop hill, being in (.'liristmas time covered ore with that ]iretty, &. early flower, but I must take it for a cairn or cvltic barrow. I have sketchefl you out the whole thing on the other [>age ; it was formed out of un old ortohard. The>L- are some of the amusements ot' us country' folk. lu- sted of the pleasures of London conversation, we are content with natures cunvcrso, where wc meet with no envy, slander, or oneasyness, whatever. If yuurs be more poignant, ours are more Hercne, more certain, more lasting; but I need not preach up rural dfltghts to you. I was s«)rry to hear my cuz. & your old friend, Adiard Welbyi in dead. I endeavored to invite hint into the country ; where he might have spun uut lift' to a longer date. I su[>|>oso he has given Mr. Vernon his esutc. If Mr. Vernon wants a steward to look after it, you may recommend my coz. Adhird Stukeley, of Holbech, who lives near it. Mr Lord Oxford called on me lately. Pray put Mr. Vertiw in mind of a promise he made me. I smiled when I read joor account of my Lord Lincoln's terns 200 feet wide 19()0 feet long. I should have made it 2000, at all hazards. You forgot to i^>e«k of my Lord's obelise. Our ncigbbour, Sir Uichael NewtMi, has 210 M19CELLANIOU8 CORRESPONDKKCE. lately set up a great column in his garden, &. a circular temple of stone ; be ift going to make an obelise too. Pray remember my hearty service to your brother & sister. ! am. Your most obliged humble ser^'ant, Wii. Stvkelct. XXXIII. Wm. Stukeley to Dr. Thomuxm»s.'— H. F. St. J. From Elysium [circa 1729]. Dear Sir, You'l Im> surprized (no doubt), by the su[»er a% well as sul^ scription of thin Irttrr, no sfMinor M*nt lN*cauM* I lia%'e been all this while in a sort of tram^e. The miuI. whirh has l»«^n so long hnkt to a mat(*rial clog, like a frttennl hor^', when fn*e, limps habitually for sonu* time, till it recovers jM-rlVvtly its |)ri«tine •tat4*, \. tht*n U*gin^ to n*ason like its st'lf, and riites to beighta sonnvhat worthy iu« divine extraction. When I fir>t arrived at the man^iouH of jN-aco k felicity, I was not abli* for a ouDsider- able whilt* t«> |K*rci*ivi* my hajtpincsA, but o\ em h«-lmeil in a sort of inM^n^ble staU* of amazement, I man seUMble oolv of some faint idras uf the ^'lory of the plact*, A suqiHze at my finding myv.*lt' then*. Hnw long it is Minot*, I ean*t nell pie^s, fur here we nirasure n^t tiim*, nor have we ne«* •ophern, Pithagora^, Plato, ^ riit*ro. fanciiil ti> be with inrx* pre^^ible lurnioiiy. A rightly Mip|MiM-«l, im|i« nvptiblr tu the dull ears of mortalU uIiom* or^rans are n<»t i*a[uble of lieing aflectcO with it a^ ttN> grt-at A loud t«> U* eotiipn hi ndol bv vou in a niortnl ^tjtr. Idii. UiM'ttif, whi-n \oii ('.i«f iitf that nut* rial (rani Vou %iill fin crlf-Ati^l orb«, di«|MiM^ in sueh r&i|ui«ite •% uimHf} , k, to such infinite e\ten^ion, as well »huwii ihr ucimi|Hitnice uf their almighty anhitct^t, A »up|»ly almo«l an etrmal field uf study R«it«-n Th«iailin*iia. M V . hom m L«itt«k«a . ff«l«r«t«0 ai Tttmnf Colkf*. CaabrHlr*. M H i;4«> C1cct«l KiymiM to Ovy* Hos^iaa. KM. 1»m4 W. STOKELKT AND OTHERS. 211 & disquisition. Indeed whilst I was on earth 'twas oft with vast satisfaction I liave meditated upon the admirable &. curiooa art shown in the Minima Natuire, where the parts of matter, which we knew by inatiiematical demonstration are capable of being divided ad infinitum, are almost actually so divided, but certainly the finger of the supreme Being is maximus in maximis, &. in such mighty (iroductions be seems to have a field somewhat answerable to the vastness o( his preconceived ideas adequate to his power, which in lesse things must necessarily be con- tracted from our understanding ; & it is as much impossible for you to ba^e an adequate idea of these larger productions of his band, as of infinite space or eternity. Those arc only to be attempted by the exalted spirits of those that have passed over the Stygian lake of human infinnitys untainted, un{>olIiited of those corporeal defilements, which leave spots of impunity upon the eth^ real soul not to be washed out in many successions of duration. 'Tis with pity I consider the difiicultys you encounter with of avoyding fle^shly impuritys, which yet, by ttie little time of experience I had amongst you, I found chiefly owing to the want of resolution tu withstand them, for upon tryul it will be found mure easy to bo iniaginid without it, & to a considerate man they will ap[>ear so unworthy, &, the charms of virtue so bright & glaring, that at length it will become easier for one to be chaste ii ten) {h.- rate, just & religious, tbnn vitious & debauched: & tbe observation of the Christian Institutions, the highest pitch of morality that cvit was presented to the World, are most highly Conducive to the perfection of the !>oul which gives us an anti-ta.-it oftho^c si-rapbic pleasures which we are iu full fruition of. But I am forbid to say more of that cpious subject, &. commend you tu the exercise.- of that reason which yon have a large share of, sufficient to bear you u|> in the practise of those attestations of faith ii fituHi works, which will entitle you to the favour of that transcendent all-iierfect essence in whose preaence are eternal joys. I tliink myself obliged to you for tbe concern yon expreand when you a(x]uainted our Brother Masscy with my death, m you called it It was no more than what I find I have done diren times before. I could leil you who 1 was once several age* agoe, 212 MISCELLAKEOUS CUKKCbPOKUKKCS. k whoso namo you have very often read, but tbat would icn I always bad for that notion nf Pvtliaf;oraHN tran^mi;irtieularly that of fei*idrr that iiwiii prrm^ative of beaten, which iA |H>r|N*tually «*\4'reis4Hl in ;;ivini5 liein;; to en*aturei«, aa to laka |dea>ur<* in takein;; it away. \Vh«*n w<* know at tite aame tine bv conMant rxiNTirncH* that that littK' MH-«>nd hand wav we have of iN'in;: the iKva^ion of |»ro«lurin;; a livin;; Imdy ia altemled with the ;;ri*at4M of UmIIIv ^atisfartion?*, an item nure of the dimity of th it |iowiT whirli i^ u^ from thr Soveret^in author of all tliini'v Hrncv then m:iy wr a»surr «iurM*lve» of thr grral reward uhirh attends our rndravoun* to *a\e a miuI, for which the wry Ari^rU think n(»t their |i;iin^ ill iMMoweii in walchin;* A ^uardin^ u^ an* not n-luotaiit to |i'a\e tliCM- ba|i|>y alimlea to attt-nd iMNir ni(»rtaU, iV bv unM*«'n wa\« a\ert e\ill from ua, A • • • |»n>ni|»t us to d(K* ;!«nmI, ulM'nnil no UmIv that n'flect» flrritniaJj u|Min hi<» fiwii lift* but mu^t U* !»t*ii^ilile. Ibit, mhat i« more, how mueh d«N* Me nwr to that mi^mhI |MrMin of the IMlv, r\er ble^Mil. whii da':;nti| In eluatli hiin^-ll' in fb-^h to npiritualixr our natnri h, a rt-il«*«iii u« fr«»iii tin* trt-niendttu^ enr^' ju^tU dtMiiiicil to .il. tilt- uiiijij, tiir tin t.ii il tr.iii«.'ri-«*i«in «>t our areh | a rent 4 tile i*orru|>tiMfi u! all lii« oft^prin;:. I>reartal muiU, a «iho|i' world niuM lia«i« for e\er lii^«fi r&elodrd the lieatifie %i^ion, tin- iiK'fTibli- ji»v« of IIi*aiven, mhieh thuar oolr can ha\e an idea of «ib«i ««*«• the* fatv «»t ttod in |!birv ; to w \hA\ pniti-4'tion I reeiiinmeffHl \i»u, lM»|N'iii|v tlieM* few lioramay pro\e an unM*ii«4>nable eiitertainm«-nt U* \ihi duno;; tlie euiifine- ment of your indiniMwilion, from wbicb I wi»h ym a reoov«rT|4 aa« 1 oor Piiicere fnettd m ocalori ^ • K. W. STUKELEr AKD OTHERS. 213 XXXIV. Sir John Clebk to R. Oale.— H. C. Edenborougb, 29 April, 1729. Dear Sir, I was sorrj- to hear of Doclor Woodward's death, be was a droll sort of a [iliilosophor, but odc who had been at much pains & eikpence to promote Daturall knowledge. I wisb I bad known when his fossils were to be sold, some of them were very curious, though indeed lie himself was the greatest curiosity of the whole collet^tion. As for Ins Clypeits Votirut, I wish the gentleman joy who paid one Imndi'ed rrnitieas for it. Never was there anything more absurd, in my opinion, than to fancy it was Itoman, for as it is of iron, it could never have lasted tho fourth part of the time, for by the sculpture, if genuine, it hud been as ancivnt as the time of Hadrian. I never saw anything of iron which was Roman, except great hinges for doors, or the like, which had lost half of their substance by rust, I thank yon kindly for the description you sent me of the Roman pavement,* it well dcsonos to l>e printed oft' in a co[>[ier plate, A to have a rix)rn built over it. I obser\-ed with pleasure the dimensions much used by the Romans, viz., two squares, \ no doubt the bight of the room w.1^ equall nt least to its breadth. I believe I luld you in my last that I have pott two swords of brassc, of a curiouT* form. They may jiossibly be Roman, for they were found near a pretoriuin that was s(|uare. They have bad wooden bandies, ii arc very ebaqi A heavy, I have likowiso gi)tt a very curious instrument of that kind which Moufaucou & other writers have eonnnonly described for Roman fibubc, but what I take to be the true Roman stylus.' It is studdt^l with silver, ii the broad p:irt at the end of it, for deleting what us«' very remarkable, being a kind of opus tes-ielliitum, made up of red i: while stones, vcrv- minute & |ierfeclly inlirc. Yours, Ac, •T. Clekk. ' In [.illlrcot I'nrk, m-ar Unn;.'CTfora. Sir John Clerk'* nkctcli ahewn jt to h*TC been * fihul*. tad not k (tjliu. 214 msCELLAKEOUS CORRBlfPOMDBICCK. XXXV. RoCfER Gale "to Dr. Wm. Stukklet at Grajct- HAM, IN Lincolnshire." — H. F. St. J. London, May 8, 17i9. Dear Doctor, I am sorn' you labor under so many disappointincnU ia the happynesse you pro|)o»ed to yourself from your coontraj retirement, but it in no more than I told you, before you left this place, that you would soon complain of, k that we sbould kave you back a(:^ain in a few year5. I hope it i» not yett too late to thrust yourself onp<* more into the buny world again, &, do aaanrt you no one livin;; would be l>etter pleaiwd to see you content 4 happy in life* than niVM^If. I^rd Pembroke is pretty well again, but do*s not vctt (*oine down Maim. Ladv Pembroke make« aa excellent nurse as well a.<» wife ; i%he nc%*er leaves him now io Ua chamber, k all this winter ha^ pven him her oom|NUij at hooie in the evening ; «o that 1 huvc nrvor fuund him alone, &, to mj great comfort have Im'cu diHinist conKtantly at 9 a clock, whco they very lovingly went to supper together. 1 nMwt willinfly accept of the honor you do me of "ktamiing fi|Minsnr with kini if there is occasion for it in J urn* «*r July nrxt. Could your Lady putt off her time till tin* rnd of Augunt I nhould bi» in lio|wii of attending the folrninity in fiemon, but if you should not harp occasion at present, you ina\ ki*ep ine in iictto for ibe next, or the 3^. 4*^, or wheni*vi*r vou msv be in want. Your diaivano of the Saxon antiquity^ found in your neighborhood have not yet been read l»efore tli<* Ht>vall SKMelv, but Dr. Ruttv* telU me thev shall l»e Invil lii*tiire tht*m ritlM*r thi« dav, or at the next meeting. I writi* tlii^ in thi* fun-niNin U*ing t4> S4-tt out for CoC* tenham to m«irn»w mnrnin;:, full of bu«\ ne^gu*, \ unwilltn'* to leavr vour« iin^n^w* rf<«i tJI niv ntiirn, whirh I intrrnl »»hall be in three wn*ks tinir. Mr. (fiNnlman has g<»tt his aflair» K-ttlcd * WilIiMD Luttv. I- ri. >ri U n 1 tn . r^lunOril At Chrivl • C W*^ . «'MBl«t-lf». M I) i:i'.> Fri:..* . r • • .»•!•. r l'i.f*.«iAna i;j«i l«u:«Ci.fiiftfi Uciwfvr K.-s. ^^rrimrj nf K'VaI ^ « •i ^.VaaA « !<•»//•/ fUlffe mf i%00tftmms. Vol. II , |>. '4. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 215 pretty much to his mind, & I believe you will see him next week. At my return I will endeavor to gett you a transcript of Dooms- day book as to Grantham. Browne Willis dined with me last Sunday, I had no opportunity of discoursing him then about your saints & have not seen him since. The Clerk of Kibble- Chester's son I put into busynesse before the receit of your last, in Derbyshire. I thank you for your notice of the fine hunting seat to be sold near Ancaster ; the good company, that forms the learned congresse there, would be a farr greater inducement to me for purchasing it, than the hunting there in perfection, my sporting days being pretty well over ; but we cannot have all we wish for. The coat armor I have gott examined by one of our Heralds who sent me this account of it Crckingham's Arms* v. Vincent N''- 152, p. 124, & N^ 153, p. 237, about Henry S'"*" time. For my part I believe it should be wrote Trekingham or Frekingham, a family denominated from a town of that name near Folkingham, in your Countrey, having never heard of a man or place called Crekingham ; & in another book of Vincent's in the Herald's office are the same arms onely the Bend is sable, under the name of Trekingham of Trekingham in Com. Lincoln. I have no more to add but that I am, with my humble service to mv future Commeter, dear Doctor, Tour most faithfull friend & humble servant, R. Gale. [Within this letter is a loose slip of paper on which is written *^ Hero Ivelli the bodv of the rev*** Jos. Clarke M'- of arts rector of this Ch. k p'lHJiular}* of Lincoln* who dep'ted this life on the 22^* Sept. in the 60'*» y' of his anre a". D. 1723, he was also con- vocation man for this Diocoss 1700.'' On the same slip is the coat armour alluded to above k l*ene:ith it *' N. Windo."] ' ^ At^., two bare jni., in chief thre« torteanz, orer all a htit^m m.** Crekingham. Papwrnrth's Jlrit. Arm., p. 29. R. Gale*t drawing of the coat in the margin of his Letter given a l«nd ga. The coat de»cribed in JhipwfirfA, and attri bated bj Jlmcrmt to Trikingham. Line girai a hemdUt m, • Collated to the Prvbend of Castor. 19 June. iriL 216 MI8CEIXAKE0US (.-OKKEsrOirDEIICB. XXXVI. Wm. Stukelbt "to ABCHBisHor Wake,''^— H. F. St. J. GnuiUuiniy 3 Joiie, 17S9. Most Ilevereod & my good Ijonl, I received lon;^ since the favor of yoar Orace't letter. There are many of my acquaintance bereabouta who have old English oovns, in silver es|iocially. I can procure any of them, single pieces, though I cannot tmk for all. If I knew what were in your present collection, I believe I could add to it I beard lately with much concern of your Grace*s illness, k hope yoo are perfectly recovered, for which my unworthy prayers have not been wanting. I have a matter of great concern to open to your Grace which at present is known only to God &, myself. That is, I have long had thoughts of entering into ()rderi«, but never ripened my resolutions till of late, nor have acquainte'ptians, PUto, our old Druids, k all the heathen philoviphers, had of thin divinr truth, as I can »)k»w in a thousand io^tancei? For ^xi% not nfn-^^ry to MippfiM , nor ran it t-a^ily Im> provc«l, that they liMd it I'mrn in«|iinition. S» I can demonstrate it to U*, moM rvith-ntly, in iIn* I** c*ap. Grne«t», but ' WilIuMi Wdie. Imni mi HlAndfucI, |i.«. |i. |rt<7. W. HTtTKELKY AITO OTHERS. 217 not as taken by common commentators, though I believe the Jews themselves knew it not, nor coald thej inform Plato of it, & the Septuagint translation was made above 100 years after Plato. Since I came into the Country, I have found my mind much more active than ever ; I have had a vehement impulse to appear in the world under a new character. I am persuaded I can do more service to mankind thereby than in the practice of my profession, for in this place, my Lord, though there is no other physician within less than 16 mile of me, yet 1 am scarce wanted once in a month, the country, generally, using Apothecarj-s, & I cannot be easy in sacrificing the remaining, & I hope, the best part of my life to such poor drudgery, being now but in the 41 year of my age. I shall attend your Grace's determination in this affair, & if I take holy onlcrs, humbly beg I may receive them from your hands. I am very easy in my circumstances. I have a house & garden of my own here, whieh I have rendered extremely delightful, & all I purpose is to do as much honor as I can to God Almighty, & good to the world. 1 sent lately a discourse to the Royal Society of the famous battle" fought near us, lietwecn our Saxon ancestors & tlic {lagan Danes, A"* 87(1, wherein your Grace's ancestor, the brave Mor- cliar of Bnin, was present, 'lis told by Ingiilfua. Mr. Folkes can inform you how they received it. I ha\'e since added some material circumstances to it. I will send your Grace a copy of it, it may perchance divert you. 1 am, most rcveron Chronicle of Inenlph. in flair'* Srrij^MV*. i.. |il SI. 218 1II8CBLLAHB0U8 CORRESraHDEHCB. after me. I am now running apace in the 72^ jear of mj age, k the two la»t Springs had such a shock in mr health, that, without the blessing of God upon the ca!«e, t skilfull pretcriptiona of Dr. Mead, whom I am exccMvIingly indebted unto, I couM hardly have withstood tliom. This last, though not appearing to violent in its eflcct, & going much sooner oflT, has jet left such a weakness behind that I am reallv but halfe alive, t mav reason- ablv fear shall bo worse when tht* winter comes on, unlesse the Tunbridge water*, which havo ^inco agn»ed very well with me, should now a third time net nio up. Under these circumstances of life, I do not much trouble my m^lfo with thuw amusements I before took |)erhaps too murh ph^asun* in : yet as I intend both my books k rf)ins for ont* of tlir public libraries in Oxford,* where I ho|>e they may Im* of more mm* to others than they have been to my selfe, I am willing to make my (*ollertion of both as perfect as I can : & I havt* surviKMh-^i pretty well in my endea- vours in both. I began late to purchasi* our English money xH have a |ierf€*ct suiti*, k a tolrrablo large one, both for gf>ld k silver, from King E \our lii*art, of entering into the ser^'iiv A ministry of tin- (liunli. N«\er wa« tliere a lime in x^liieli ue uaiit«'il all tin* :i «•»;•» I. im*** i%r ran ''et a'min^t the prr\ ailing in(i«l«'lity of the prt M-ni uirk«^l agf ; A a« i>ur ailver* Nirie^ are men pniemling !(• ri'a^^in «u|«t*rior to ftllw-ni, so nothing ftcri|iU. Atiil c«>iii«. vLioli arr m tli< hbr»r%. TLcrr m oaTy m wnitta f isliifs of XUk U« kt . iMIt iif ibc U'*'^ lUntt 19 A | flbUU uli« Tbc CMM MV Ift W. STUKELEY AKD OTHERS. 219 can mora abate their pride, & stop their prevalence, than to see cbrietianity defended by those who are in all respects as eminent in oaturall knowledge, & pbilosophicall enquiries, as they can pretend to be. I am persuaded your education & practice as a Physician, will for this reason enable you to do God & christi- ani^ better Ber\-ice than one brought up to Divinity from the beginning could do ; & then adding to that the reputation yoa have justly deserved, & gotten in the world, your personall ubilities, your various & great progresse in all sorts of learning, besides that in which our studies commonly terminate ; I must upon the whole conclude, that I can advise nothing better than that you should come to a settled resolution to end your life Id the service of Christ's religion, A: in the ministry of his Chnrch ; where your skill in, & charitable pntcttcc of, what may promote the bodily health of your acquaintance &, friends, will open the way to your gaining tbcrcby u[)on their souls welfare ; the great work you design, &, I verily believe, will prosecute with a very particular sundun, June tlie 14, 1729. Dear Doctor, My relircuiL-nts into the Couiitrcy are now more upon busyricsM' tlian diversiun, yett so engaging is the liberty of all kinds enjoyed there, that I never leave it without regrett, & hi)i>e9 of being once more lixt there before I leave this stage whereon 1 am acting the part of life ; & a few years spent behind the scenes iu tranquillity licforc 1 go lience, & be no more seen, is the utmost of my anthitiuo. I allways thought yoar loaving iiO MI8CBIXANEOUK COKREtfl-OKDENCB. the world wslh a little too precipitate, & you now seem teneiUe of the error yourself; I wish the new state of life tod propose may retrieve it. As there arc Vestipa nulla retrortom, when you are once entered u]>on it I should think it very adviseable for you to make sure of something; that might answer your intention before you make proftmstion. I have been enga^^ more than once ill solh'citing no very ^roat niattem for some of my frienda, i therefore I am no stran;;er to the diflicultys in obtaining soch a living as vou iiiav have in vour ev(*. I believe there is nothing falls vacaut that has so many comi>etitors for it ; what breacbea of the most solemn promi^vs have* I known, sometimes from a private interest, unforeseen when the assurances were given; sometimes n this new advrnturr, k if |M)ssililo, fn?tun* \our>rlf lM*f«in* you go upon the voya|!e. Your rec«>nriling Plato A Mo^s, &, the Druid 4 Cliris- tian I{eli;;i(»n may ;;:iin you npplausi*, A |)erha|»s a Patron ; bot it is p»od to In' sun« of the latter up«»n tinner motives than that M'liemr may iti<>pirr (HHipIr with at preM*nt. You will exrtiae my U»in:: ^H wading you fmm romin^r into thi<» great not«y place :i;::iin, I am artin;: a;;ainst my oHn intercut in endeavoring to drprivr mysrlf nf the plen^ant ht»un I might once mcHT e\|wH*t fn>m your citiiipany k cimvcrsation, which I never can pnimiv mvM'lf rxtvpt ^mit* g«NMl offer rt*voke!« you liithtT ; but my frii-nd^liip ti» \«iu rxciitU any privatr \iew* of my own. I havr pr«ijf<*t«*«l tli«* «-i»minenc*rmfnt of my journey to lir almut thi* 2*>th of .Vii^uM, A «»liall Ih' heart il\ ;;latl to «4*«* \iin li«*re, A nturn ^«ith v«iu aUnit tli.it tiiiii*. In tlif ni«aii ujiilr tlie Mrnrt vi'U ha\«' ri>iiirMini'«l tn im-. A tlir ::ri*ati of ni.in in tlir Lin'^lom. \%liiM-\«r li«' i«. ^Ii;i!l Iw iii\iiiLlil\ «lr|Hi«iti'«l nich nir. that, if \oa tlimk titt til attiT \iiur niiii*!, no our lt\in;: fhali liavi* it m his |«)%%i*r from nir to rliar;;r \ou with irr<*fi«t|ution, «ilio am, drar IVictor. Yiiur uu*%\ faithful! friend A hundile !K*r%ant, II Haul W: STL'tELEY AKD OTHEIIS. 221 X5XIX. Wm. Stdkelet "to Dr. Wake."— H. F. St. J. Grantham, 25 June, 1729. Most reverend & my good Lord, I received witb great veneration the favor of your Grace's Letter. I know not the nature of Tunbridg waters having ne\'er be«n there, but 1 judge that toward the latter end of the year it would be very senicenble for you to goe to tlio Batli, Si drink the waters there, 1 was once for a week together there, &. drank the waturs with great delight, & was ravished at so bounteous a gift of nature. I would not have your Grace in the least desjiair of a perfect recovery of your health, nor think your age so far advanced but that you may yet live mauy a happy year with comfort to yourself, as well as the good of the Cbureh & kiu^'don). I am sure therein I shall have the concurrent wishes & prayers of all good men. You would find, my Lord, that those waters would iiivigorate you to a high degree, & give a uew spirit to the blood ; there is nothing I know of, of so sovereign eflic:icy in the ciise. I peremptorily resolved upon receipt of yonr Grace's letter to take holy orders, &, shall wait uj)on your Grace for that purpose in the latter end of July. I h.ive observed with regret what your Grace nioutions, of the growing infidelity of the present age. I dare promise nothing from my own weakness, further than that p4>rlia)>s they may lie attacked from a quarter they least expect. I know my»lt' sufficiently to assure your Grace that it will b«- tlic great aim & business of my life to doc Uic must I can, for the glory & honor of God Almighty. &. for the interest of the Christian rrltfiion. I am, my good Iiord, with the most ardent prayers A wishes for yuur heidth, Yonr Grace's most buunden Hi most obedient sen-ant, Wm. Sti'kelet, XL. W. Cakt. " Fob the worthily estmhed Di. StUKELEY, at his B0U8E IN GrANTHAM, K LlKCOLK- SHiKE. Free W. (.'ast."— H. F. St. J. Croydon, Julv 3, 1729. Good Sir, Though I know both your letming k priDciplos too well 222 MISCELLANEOUS CX)RRS8F0KDOICE. to think there is any need for me to offer anything to you with respect to either, k mm pers^'sded that at your whole design, in the change you are about to make of your profession, is in order to your doing more good, tlian at present it seems in your power to do ; yet I will venture before you go into Uuly Orders, to recommend to you not only a strict &, serious examination of yourselfe, &, the purity of your own intentions in it, but for your bettor direction therein, a carofull reading over, more than once, the form ii oftice of our Urdination, Si (if you ar«t not better provided), Dr. <'ombtT*s paraphrase k exposition of it, which you may have in b^** separate from tlie rest of his Works. Will you fmrdon iiie if to a person so well qualified to read it, I add St. Chry80Htt care to tarry till the next Ordination Sunday comes in Se|itcll here at Croydon, Sunday the 20^ instant. I ha\«* a xoun;; dfaron who will be glad of the up|ior- tunitv t(» r4*<*fi\e prir^t* iirdrr» tin* fame dav, A thrri*t*ure if vou re^ve on that time, I nhall U* glad to know it (a^ Mion as may U*) on his acx*iiunt, that he may enj«>y the benefit «if IL He has a Chureh read\ to U- in«titut«ii t«> as soon as he is qualifiixl for it ; I cannot tell whether you have any such prus|iect, or whether for the pres«-nt you are not ordained merely ad titulam fiatri- monii ; to li%e u|ion your own estate, k senre Goil without any otiier reward than that which will ariae both fruin the preacni aatisfaciion, L future recompcocY, of doing good. w. stukeley"and others. 223 As to my health, which you are so kindly concerned for, the Tunbridge waters have twice had a very good effect with me. They do certainly very much invio[orate the blood, & strengthen the spirits ; but the Bath waters, (which I tryed by Dr. Mead's advice), will not do with me. Tlicy put me into such pain upon the account of my disposition to the stone & gravell, that I was forced to run away to Bristoll for ease, er application , succee lion!% UfMin the l«>ca diftieiliora of the New Ti'MaiiienL Mr. WoUtan,*' amoni* tlie rt^t of his blaspheotouA reflertions upon *> Rev. Bawtfd KcImII. vicar of htMUm ** Th9 life uf WoiilaUMi with an impAftiaJ Moowit at hf wmUAf«. wm l«blt»b«d IB Loodutt IB I ;S3 He vTuu Mt duoamnm oa IW ■irariMu s»4 two arfenen at ibea. Lottdua. 1 7:f 7-30. 9 volt . Svo Por p«bli»kii« thrm. th9 Bsthiir mm BfBlcBcvil 10 B jtmr'» laipnBnBacAt, mm4 b $mr *4 €l€0 TW Momd |iBrt ol hit drfcDOC ol hit diwe^mtwt^ pablialMd Ib l?SU#fBv« mtk otftact 10 ikt clcffgj UbA thtj €P«l«i Boi brBT IW MCht ol hiM. Thwiipua ht wb* dfBirtd to farboBT ooaiof to the C^BfCor oofloo hooa^ or Ihiy taithor woold loato iho koosa. He wso aaswwai hf W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 225 our Saviour's Miracles, has endeavoured to expose that of his expelling the devills out of the demoniac of Gardara. I doubt not but that in your discourses upon this subject you have con- sidered his bold observations, which have nothing shocking in them but the wicked blasphemies of them. I cannot tell whether the church of All Hallows, Stamford, be in the gift of my Lord Chancellor, or of the Crown. I have little interest in the former, none at all in those who dispose of the preferments of the latter ; yet will hazard the morti- fication of a refusal rather than not shew my readinesse to serve you. If you will therefore draw up a proper letter to either, I will take the first opportunity to deliver it eitlier to the Duke of Newcastle, or my Lord Chancellor, as the case requires. But be a'^sured that a heartie application from the Duke of Ancaster will do much more than all I can pretend to. I wish good suo- cesse to all your proceedings, & remain very sincerely, good Sir, Your faithfull &, affectionate friend, W. Cant. P.S. — Mrs. Wake received the favour of your drops, & retumb many thanks for them. XLIII. AVm. Stukelev, "to Mrs. Frances Stukeley, at Ghanthav, Lincolnshire." — H. F. St. J. 16 October, 1729. I think now, my dearest love, I can wish you joy of being rectoress of All Hallows, Stanford. To-night my lord chancellor eminent dirincs. The Ven. Dr. Cutler, of New Euglnnd. io a letter to Dr. ZAchary Grej. in 1731. said, " I have read WooUton with horror ; bat think the deril has lent him a ^reat deal of his wickedness, hot none of bis wit. The bishop's answer is Ieame kind as to call on your neighUir, Mr. SIm^^'Ic^, in Petlirretoo buildings, A tA\ him that my wife k I |»ropoi«e then Ui lodge with him. llj neighbor Peck came to viiiit ine t'other day, k accosted me in a very singular manner, which I shall n*|i«*at to you for rarity sake. •* FV. Peck saluti** Dr. Stuki ii v. M.D.. A C'.M.LS., a» rrctor uf Sl Peter's church ; St. TliimiX"* *V St. .Mar\, IWnwirL ; Warden fif till* Augu«'tin Fryen* : <*s|ii*ll.in of nniih*rr«ift C'ha|»|«*l; St, Mary'« (^hantry ; Pr«*«ulrnl of' HIac k lull. Prtcrbortiu^'b hall, S«*nipringhani hall, Ihirhum, A VauiU ; un«- uf the twu mJo go%emori k elector* of William Brown*» hnnpital ; Master of the i 'alaii^ ; Ins|iert4>r of Mr. Sn«iwilcn'« k Mr. True Ale's kt^pitAl* ; k vicar of All Saints rhurcb. All which rhurrhes A cha|>|irls chantr}' bou«es« religious k academical, were actnally scitualed wtihin the one parish now called All 6ainU [lorn ftvny.] W. STUKELEY AKD OTHERS. 227 What would Mr. Willys, or Tom Hern give for.. ..[torn away]. I hope your brother is well, & that your sister is recovered ; my service waits od them, & the Antiquary Society. I am glad to hear they [woi*d missing], & that I had the pleasure of assisting in restoring them to their old station. Antiquam exquirite mat- rem [^n. lib. iii. 96], which perhaps Mattaire, or Bentley, would read mitram. I hope to call on you very soon, to demand tribute, & remain, dear Sir, Your most obliged servant & affectionate friend, Wm. Stukelkt. Mr. Peck forgot F.R.S. XLV. W. Cant, "for Dr. Stukeley, at his house in Stamford, Lincolnshire." — H. F. St. J. Reverend Sir, As to what you mention of a dignity in the church, I have none of my own but what arise from options, & I have no such expectation in view. Should a new bishop of Lichfield be made I mi^zht get one of their ver}' small prebends, but as those are of little value, so is their distance too far from you to answer your principal purpose in such a promotion. I have had so many chaplains, &, provided for so large a family, that I have had little left in my disposal for other persons or purposes. Tou see how o|x?nly k sincerely I deal with you, I hope you will like me never the worse for it, but be assured that I wish you exceed- ing well, & am ver}- sincerely, good Sir, Your truly lonng friend, W. Cant. XLVL [The following Letter belongs to the tear 1729, and was written by Dr. Stukeley, probably to Saml. Gale, but it is without address]. — H. F. St. J. Dear Sir, It was great grief to me not to see you when I was in town ; leaving my wife in childbed made my stay there very unpleasant, but in February next we are to lodge with yon for 2 228 K18CXLLANB0US CORRESPOND BKCB. moDthH. I doiilit not hut you 6l many of my friend* will at my taking holy ordersi hut I dare assert do man ever did it with more pure & sincere intentions than myM*lf. Tbongh Loo- don conversation, Si being bia^hed out of going to church on account of my profession, &, thoughtlessness ahont religioos matf tars, made me talk in a loose way, yet when I was young, when I lived at the University, &, for Kome year^ in London, do one was more apparently k rvMy religious tlian myaelf. The tmtb of the matter is I had never considered tho**e most importafit affairs, being hurrj'd too much by other kind of studys. Bot when the sweet tranquility of country rt*tiremrnt, &, self conver- sation in a ganlen, had given nu* leavt* to look into my own mind, I soon dincovrred again the latent sei^iU of religion, which God*s holy spirit effectually rt*vived in me : ^ to speak tmth, my friend, if ever any |)erK>n in thi^* world wa.« more immedialdr sensible of it, I must acknowli'n n-ligiou« ar;;unientft. But however I alwayn, in my own mind, difi n'«rrvi* a time to con- sider of that affair seriously, A whrn 1 did it I wa» infinitdr charmed with the lN*autvs of tlie Muilv of tli\ initv. A cannot bend • • • my thoughts to anything el^*. N«*\t to thr ;:n*at internal motivr I mentioned, 1 reailv belit*vr that ni\ •lu«l\* into tlw* antif|uiirv of our Druids forwanleii«, for I think I can undrniabK pruvi*, k nhall «hi>%% ^m*u m |iriiit, thil tli«««r religiou<» phiio«>ph«T« h»il a |M*r1t^'t nniinii nf iIn- Trinity, A in«|uiring into the iiu-anii h*»w tlif\ oliiain«-il ti. It^l nit* U» the happy nvrm^'« of tnj** di%init\ . TIm- nion* 1 •'^m^itlfr it thr norr I am eoaniourttl with it, a all tin* otluT little ac^|uiMtion» of learning, which bv my indu«tr} I have iiiaiir. »hall only be suIk aenrient to that graml puquiH*, A I think I havr niaiie innie discover}! alremily tluit will U* u«4 Jul in tbi» a^r of efiidrmicnl infklolity. [This leilrr i» untinashod]. W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 229 XLVII. Roger Gale ** to the Rev. Dr- Stukeley, at Stam- ford, IN Lincolnshire." — H. F. St. J. London, Febniary the 14th, 1729.30- Dear Doctor, I flattered myself with the sight of you here before this time, but find I must now content myself as to that till Easter is past, when, afler the disappointments I have mett with, no one in the world will be more rejoiced at your arrivall. My answer to your last I deferred till I received Mr. Tokes present, which is come very safe, & for which I desire you to return him my thanks ; & till I could see my Lord Chancellor,* which was not till Thurs- day last. I delivered your message to him, & after some dis- course about you, his lordship was pleased to say he was heartily glad that he had disposed so well of the benefice he gave you. He told nie that you had presented him with your Itinerarium, & desired when I wrote to you, to enquire where you have left them to be disjK)sed of in London, a friend of his being desirous to purchase one. As for Mr. Griflin, I cannot conveniently advance him at present, being under promise for three or four more all ready ; as soon as 1 have discharged myself of those engagements I shall \ye ready to preferr him, if his character in our books will crive nie leave. Lord Pembroke is ver>' well & gay : if you go thither in an evening, instead of old musty anti- quaries, you will nieet with two or three tables of fine young ladys, &, pondered tu|>ees at quadrille. Quantum niutatus ab illo ? l^-En. ii. 274]. On the contrary. Lady P. is become a great antiquary, k has a cabinett most curiously furnished with ancient bronzes, some of them verv valuable. I had a letter a little before Christmasse, wherein Mr. Hardy,* from Nottingham, tells me he had communicated an account of an antiquity found near that place to you, ii that we should have your thoughts upon it in a little time, which I am something impatient to see. My sister gott home again this day fortnight, very weU again after her misfortune, & all the rest of us are without complaint Roger is at Sydney College, in Cambridge. I am, with my bumble service to your lady, dear Doctor, Your most faithfull friend & humble servant, R. Galb. ' See Aatobiography, p. SS. * See OommenUtfTB, p. 42« 280 MISCELLANEOUS CORRBSPOVDKVCB. XLVIII. Sat John Clerk to R. Oalx.— H. C. Edenbrough, 12 April, 173a Dear Sir, I received youn of the 17th of JanuEry, for which I thooglift myself extreamly obh'^ed to you, but for want of materialla to entertain you I delaycsl making you a return from one week to another till I am now ashamed, but I hope you will bavr tlio goodnesae to excuM' m<*, &. Mwve me that I allwayt retain thai honour &, re^^ard for you that becomes me. The true barreneMO of subject continuoH with mo, yott nuw tiniv I could no longer delay writing to you, I nhall communicate what ban occurred since my last writing to you. Some of my family have been in rvrr great danger from the rabies canina, an old woman k child have b«^n bitt to the efltiMon of a good deal of bloiKi, but no other ill consequence ban hap* pened. I had two do;^ \ory furious in thi^ diiitem|M>r, one about a month after the other, which gave me occasion to make aoaio experimenta u]ion them. The ordinary medicine* were tryrd, but to no pur|Hisi>. I kept them up in a room till they died, which was regularly on the thini day, they were very furious the two firet dayn, k knew noUMly, but bitt k knawe«i e\ery thing that was putt in to thein by a wimlow ; they wouM eat no sort of meat, but drank wry plentifully of water. One of them bitt a cat, which tunie«l %%on»o than either of them. On the third the swellings fell away from tlM*ir heads k niuuth*, k the glands of their throatJi, k they turne«l {lerfectly calm, but refused to eat. The observations I niad<* on them were the*e, that thi« kind of madnesse in men i« aceom|»an!ed with a htirmr at the sight of wat4*r, vipofo^Ha, yet there i« no Aueh thing in do;:s. The mail* nesse come^ not on ot' a <»utldain, but take« time, *o that s«Hiir* times it is the spacr of a month or a year before it wiirk«. TIm animals 1 speak of fell ill at the distance of aliout a mi*nth a^ter they were bitt by one anf>th«T. I perceive iKictor IWrhave thinks it may lurk in tlie bluod 20 yeank Aouthcr ob«rr%-atioa is that old people k children may be bitt in the middle uf winter without any ill consequence at all, for I bav« known this lup|l thai it might be read iESCVLAPio. I would be glad to know how mj Lord^Pombroke holds out, how my I^rd Hartford do«a,& if joa still moot at the Antiquarian Society. I wish you k your familj much happ}'ne5se, k am, d(*ar Sir, Yours, Aa, Jghk Clbul XLIX. Dr. Stvkelkt ''to Sami'el Gale, E^., at thb TUSTOM HOL'SE, I»NI»OS."— H. F. St. J. Stamford, 13 June, 1730L Dear Sir, According to my promi.earA from my Iioum*. I \\o\ik your brother, Mr. Hi Gale, in got home from \m journey. We had a very pK tour torrcther. From IVterbiin»u;;h wc viewml the \erv vriier* able ruinM of Crow land Abby ; then wc a^i«ted at ci^letiratiof the meeting of the cell* of S|ialding. I muM lM*g the favor of you to lend me your Cottovicu!», till I bring it you liack at Chriai* man time. S*ai it up in a picct* of |»:i|mt, A carry it to Mr. Noel, at bin chamlM*r«. KiiigV Henrh \Valkf». o%er Mr. Hnk-anii, k. be will bring it dtiMti to me. A ^i 1 ^liuil take |i«rtii'ul.ir ran* tn keep it clean. It'vt»u m««' Mr. N. 1729. Hv Kcquircd fame u kn armlomiit and ph^niologjit. Commenced pnctice in CornwaJI. bni Hion returned to London. F.R-S. 1728. Fellow of College of rhj'i"*"*. 1'3-. Gulitoniaii I.ectarer. ITM. 1T3G. Harreiu Oialor 1739. Elected LumlHan Leclarer. IT4li. Uamcil Dr. Ueail'a 7oniitccrt d>Uf;hiCT. Elizabeth. On the death of Sir Haiu Houw. b« waa appointed PhTiiciui to George tL Died 1778.— JVimt'i SM tf OMeft ^ Pk^newM. Vol. ii.. p. 123. ' John Wiptn. bom 1694, aon ot Rer. W. Wigan, Hecior of Kenaingtoo. He went from WmninMeT School to Chriatcbarch, Oxford, in 1*14. U.D. Wl'i. Felliiw of C'ollcire of I'hjaiciani, 1733, when be leaigntd tbc PrirripAl- ■hipuf Sew Inn Hall. Oxford, and settled in Loodoo. AcconpMtted Ur. (afi«r- watili Sit) Edwanl Trvlawor to Jamaica in I7M. wbcrc thcj nartied two ■!•- ter*. daughter! of John Doace. ■ planter. Died 1739.— Jfaai'i B^ltf Miff* «/ J**».i>«i«. Vol, ii„ p. lil. * Cromwell Murtimer, born in Eaaez, Moood loaof L HcctlaMr, ol Toppiag Hall, in ibat eonntjr. Kdncalad onder Boerha**, at L^daa. M.D. I'M. fellow of College of Phjaidana, 1719. Fellow trf Bojal asd Aadqaatiaa Socieiiea. Died 176S.— jr*a*'i JIMI^ OOif*^ itynnia*, Tol.ll..^ 111. * Robert NeitNll. aoo of a diaaentinf MiaiatM, waa bom la Laadoa : educated nnder Boerbare and tbe elder Albisaa, U Iftjim. M.D. IISI. F.KA 1715. Fellow of College of PhT^daM, I7». Appdnlad La 1740, for Are rears. BaUaaajaof U» "boaaa la aaivenn 17ia-i BM ^aOtf^PkftteUmt, Y6L U., p. lit. S84 UmCKLUMEOVM CORRnrOlTDIIICB. not to moch tt ptrt the oooncill. Doctor Mead hmi ftctod an odd part in this affair ; at 6rat he recoairoeiided Doctor Uortiroar to his frienda, k lent Doctor Willmott'* to aeverall of the Societjr to aollicit for him. Oo a sudden he drops Doctor Mortimer, k sends Doctor Willroott about upon the same errand for Doctor Wigipm, whose interest I find is chiefly supported hy the Doc- tors Mead| Jurin,*' i Ne!«bitt, as is Doctor Mortimer's hy Sir H. Sloan, Mr. M. Folkes, &, the farr greatest part of the Society, so that he seems to stand much the fairest for it at present, though great sollicitations have been made from Court in behalf of his competitor, &, by what I perct*i%e the contest is like to be earr^'ed with great heat &. animosity. The president is in no bast to determin it, i. I believe, if he ran, that he will deferr the decision of it till St Andrew^ dsv. I lea%'e it now to vour con- sideration whether it will be adviiteable for vou or not to oome to town upon this occasion, &. ap|)ear as a new candidate for thb place, since the partys s^fm m> strongly formed allready on all sides. I do sincerely assure vou it will, as I believe, be to little purpose, k no encoura;;ement la ill you meet with from the gentle- men of your quondam faculty. I take this opportunity to return you my thanks for your good company. agret*able con\er»atiou, t nurks of friendship, lately received from you in Lincolnshire. I stayed four days at Ix>rd Townshen«rs, k then was releast, not without the greatei^t importunity, from the delightfulle^t piaee k kindest entertainment that I think I ever melt t^ith in my life, k this was the reason why it was so long before I returned to ** Edwsrd WilsMC, tfrottd «Ni of Robert Wtl»A(. ci ClMd4twW«. Dtrliv. •kirt Wm bom ICSS Ca«»u<1 1 ht Johm'B rolWfv. rMnbrKlfv. ol whtik bt bf-ramf fellow M D KfA FrliAv i*l follrfv of nirsicisat. irtC Hat- vnan OrAUif . i:S.V K R s I MO. Mftrnr«l >tMh. e! Gr«iCf« 11 . mmI tn 1740 pa>aictaa ftatraJ to lb* fnroaa. IUrofi«t 17^9 N«»i4»il for a Ume at VoUiMfbaai tm4 i«Mov«d to HOTingtCoa. Dorwf. vhert b« me thoughts to you that he has had upon the same sultjrrt. I return you my hearty thanks for your prayerm, good wishes, ii continued friendship, which I shall allways endeavor to cultivate with the greatest sincerity, as yonr most faithfdl & bumble servant, R. Galb. Lady Pembroke is in waiting at Windsor ; my lord all alone at London ; he talks of going into Nottinghamahire aa toon aa S86 MISCBLLANIOrS CORRBSrONDElfCI. my ladj is releaied. When I know the time jou ahAll be acquainted with it Brother Sam sent Bernardini &. the other book to Mr. Noel for you this morning. Since my return I have been looking over the accounts of the Boyall Society, wlierciu I find yours to stand as underneath. Dr. Wm. Stukeley, admitted March the 20tb, 1717-18. Paid to March the 20tb, 1725-6. Amounting to 20 16 0 Composition 04 04 0 25 00 00 Tliis is what you paid before you went out of town, t if the said account is ri^ht stated I ou;;lit not tci ha%e returned you the 32s. that I diti when I saw you ld»t, uptm a «uppoaition that you had paid above £25 0 0 to the Sucit^ty brfure. Pray let roe know how Mr. Ilawksbec has statin! it in tlie ac(*ount l»e gave to you. LI I. Roger Gale **to the Re%-. Da. Sti'kelkt, at Stam- roRi) iM L1NC0L.KAHIRE. Free, T. Franklakd.'* — H. F. St. J. liondon, Juiir thr 30th, 1730. Dear Doctor, Our weekly m4«rtings in Crane court brin;: adjimnied, thm competitors fur Doctor Huliy V poet an* at present under a per- fect silence, except in thrir underhand oprratioiiA. What yuo obM»rve of fiedple** nrceMit v« putting: tlirm under «nrh difKcuftvs as will make them reaily t«» sci*ept ul any »mall place, in certainly true, tbou;;h 1 b<»pe some thai appear for thi«, are »timulatcd more by the repuution than the |irofitt thai attends it. Sir H. S. gave me «uch an answer about your filing in or near this town, as was plainly a ne^tive to what you seemed to bnpc from bim, it will be therefore best to follow your eountrry scheme, k if anything happens, upon nocice frooi yo«, I will very readily wait upon my Lorl Chancellor in yottr behalf if in town ai tlM W. srCEELET AlfD OTHERS. 237 I thought by the bond &. accoant joa showed me that yoa had paid £3L 00 00 to the Royal Society, bat find I was mis- taken, &. doubt not but, when we meet, you will be ready to do me as much justice ss I was you. Your design about Abory is new & surprising, & as it pro- mises at the same time both the utile & the dulce, will certainly be well received ; but as your notions will not be volgar you must expect there will be great carping & picqueering [nc] upon everything you adt'ance, at which I am not in much pain, since I am satisfyed they will be proposed witli a cleamesse, & sup- ported with a learniug, as uncommon as themselves. The enclosed having your name to it, &, not of your hand uTiting, but seeming to be wrote by tbe same hand as the part of it signed Saville Cust, I am desired to ask you if yoa koow anything of it, &. am, dear Sir, Your most faitfafuU humble servant, R. Galk. Prav rttum iho inclosed. LIU. P. Ulair to " Dr. Wiluau Stukelet at his HOUSE IV Oruosd Street, Weuthimster, London." — H. F. St. J. Boston, June 20, 1724." Dear Brother Slukelr, I wa.-* glad when our worthy friend Mr. Linton" told me he S.-IW Qvou] in good health when at London, of which I heartily wish tile long continuance. I doubt not you have seen & {terusod the first decad of my I'harniaco-botonaltigia lately printed A Kild by W. & J. Iimys.'* You'l there (ind bow far I liave im|>n>ved the discown-s on tho Boston k Holland wonn-woodi>, whereof I Pinnerly sent the s|>eciincns to tlic R S. This has made thai undertaking ao agreable here, that 1 am encouraged to make all tbe diacorerjra " Thii Letter wu toand tou Lkte to iiiicn it ia Iti ptx^fier plaoc. " 01 Fleet, ridf CotnnentafTa. p. 16. " WbeD the printing oflloe of W. Bowjcr. In White Vrfart, «>■ Amtnjmi b7 fin in 1TI2. k Bo;mi Brief wm gnnled loindcnaitj bin,UHl aMfamiptiati VM proDoUd MBong boolueDafa nod printcn. Among tba ooDtribaton wu W. Ibbt* for flve BBinaM. 238 MtBCCLLAMBOUS CORKESl'OKDEKCE. I can into whatever is rare & curiouA in all the 8 towns k 3 hsmlets of South Holland, k I am very iM*nHible this is more properly what l>elon;:ii to you, whose curious rosoarches that way exoood all that ever went before vou, & tliereft»re it wouM be in vain for me to attempt it without your s|>e4*iall assistance k approbation, for I am credibly informed by severnls you are mast4*r of such monuments of the antiquity of th«f5e prts as none else in possessor of beside younielf. My desi^rn is not at all to interfere with you, (for what doth he that comi'th afUT the king), but that either vou mav communicate vour obM*r\'ations to me, k I shall publish them in your name, or ;;ive me lea%'e to quote you in several thin^ mav be known to vou, k which vou desi^m to publi^h yours«*lf. 1 desi;^ to dedicate the secrmd decad to the town of Boston, &, there to insert whatever 1 can I«*am is memor- able in ii about thi^ place. Mr. Linton informs mo you have got very authentick monuments concerning Frii*stoiH* IViory, k Fishtoft Church, a!% d«*|iending on the Abby ot Cn>w|jnd. If you pleane to M*p.ir;ite any ^uch from thi>^* cuhou% remarks you have made throu;;hout mo%t of the paru vnu ha^r >i*ilcd in En;!land, k communicate them to mr, 1 ho|i9* to «ird«T it mi as to make it verv much redound to vour bi>nour ; ^ il% the ;:«*nrral U'lirfe hen* it would l>e of u'reat i:li»rv A iM'nrtil ti» the c<*untrv. In a word, d«'ar bn»tlH*r« I h;i%e ho Mvular rtnl Ut |>iir<»ur, my sinc(*re inU'iition i*» U» aixjuit mys«*lf ■» in mhim* nira^urr a »uc- OTMor to you, A to (tinnult the ^o«id A wrifun* of tin* \t\^cr in which 1 now live, k therefon* have the gre.il<-M reiM»n to e\prct your hearty advii-t* A; as«i stance. Since I am reMilvi««| u^ atti-mpt nothing of that nature without your special ci>nrurrrncr, 1 shall im|tatiently wait vour rrtum, liecau«e of the gn*at ftirwanint*^ I am in to publish thi* M*cond dtvad. ^ pre«um«' \«iu'l «1«* n«*thing that mav Mop il«» can«i*r. I lieartilv nalitte niv i^nrtli^ fr:f*nd« k tlie brethri'n ot thr |{«»\.il S«t alTin litmale • • • l»rother A Obliged humblr M*r\ant, Ta. BlaU.** ** l*Alnrk Rlair. M D. f Rs.. vnju ' Bocaaick tmm}* w i»n frnttK" IkrWTrr. L4»oi1t*n. svn. Thrtt y^^n hj bis were pfini«4 in tbr " l*ti^«ap^ical Trantaciii ni." «••! iiii . vig . " Copy of an aA«lavit **f a ^7 having liv«d a eRMiUcrabk time witbuji fuwl ." "^ Mtckiid of diMovvnatf tba vmac* «f plaaU la Utu caicfaal ■Uactarv . " aad ' Oa tkt giawaMia al ylaais '-^A'tfktk'B V W. HTVKELSY AND OTHEHtj. 239 LIV. A Letter from Maurice Johnson, Esq., " cohcerniko THE Translation of the Marquis Maffei's cohpleat History op ancient Amphitheatres, translated into English from the Italian bt Mr. Alexander Ooedon, &c."— H. C. Spalding, Bartholomew [Aug. 24] 1730. Dear Sir, Your agreeable donation to our librarj-'* of Mr. Gordon's translation of Marquis Maffei's History of Amphitheatres sood came to hand at^er yours of the lltfa.instaat ; & last Thursday I had the pleasure of communicating the very obliging contents of this, & producing that at our Society. ITieir hearty thanks I am, &, as commanded, do here, with my own, return you; hav- ing just had time to peruse it before, for it vras delivered me on Wednesday uoou; so that I could, ssl did, by way of summary, acquaint our gentlemen with the contents of that learned labour ; &. showed them how the draughts of the medalls, columns, Cor- nishes, architraves, & friezes, uprights & sections, with the 3 severall curious inscriptions, were Bnbser\'ient (o illustrate that work, having before Lii>sius'8 treatise in our school library. But though I did not there say so, yett to you my friend, as I would to any other single member of that learned Society (as you kre 80 good to term them), I may put my qncr}-, whether (allthongh perhaps tlie marquis may himself hare proved there were more rcall stone amphitheatres in Italy than he is willing to allow), those other (here, & in the pronnces, whether built of wood like the first in time, or excavated out of the ground," as that cele- brated by our friend Dr. Siukeler, or if of brick, if any such wen-, might nut xtvc uk jtoor Tramontanes to all the same par- pom's (tlio Naumachiii- onely excepted), as the rtonconcs? From what notions I l);)d of amphitheatres before I read the doctor's account, I reuUy thought there might have lieen »everull, &, he sati^fyed me w<- had such tilings in this island, at least in Eng- land. But I doubt not of what the learned Italian nobleman advances, that Colossean Amphitheatres were rare. Let'a give him up that point for the honor of the Veronese, whose citizens " 01 the Antiqouiui SuciMj U Spalding— B. O. " N«v DorcbaMoi.— R. O. 240 MISC*BLLANeOl*K (X)KKE8rOHDCN'CE. great piety I am infinitely delighted with in liein;; willing witb- out a brief cm the do;)^do to keep the work of !M>nie quondam lord of the universe in repair, k even in uiie for manly rxerci^tt^ of which I find the illustrious author about IG year« a;;one (then tarn Marti quam Mercurio), made a part. I believe with you, Sir, some |mrtM of the ori;;inall (ir autbor'a meaning mMyn*t Im* h('n*in m» well und4*n(tiNx)« hut th«* liook i« a valuable book, &, accord in;^ly, &, an comin;; from ymi, Sir (^ho, by honoring ua with your prrsonco, have farther en;:r.itiat4Hl than fame oould, which yctt had re|>ortcd well of you), i< received k esteemed. 'Tis the projier office of a president in make the Ci>m- plimentA of the Society, I am to return you their thanks, &. can onelv do it in mv own, that is, a plain wav. Now, Sir, aa to amphitheatres, IIildel>rand*si ( *m the theatre onely an tlir full mtMin d«>th frmii the halt', or a ctimpleat runillt- I'mm the mmhi- circle : it resembletl an I'gg. TIm-sm* author^ d«in't take n|N>n tlM-m to HH^ount the am pint heat n^s, nr tav wIh-iIiit tlit\ owed their • • • originall U» the Etriivan*' or Groeiv, but Charles Sti-\en«, in hi* Historicall l>ietion., col. l*.*o, r.Ui, li:ivin;;gi%en tin- •^ame dr«rn|^ tion of them m% in HiMebrand, but in tlifM* unriU, " Amphi- theatnim I«mmi^ Athi-nis •|Hvtaculiiruin ;:ratij. fi>riiia rutumla, eC veluti ex duobu« con^tann theatric, un«lf ntitiN*n Ainpliitheatri im|Miuiiipta «*«t : n.ini eitin .-i^'r<*riitii rul- torei* fenalii* 'liebu* •arra divrr^i* numiiiibu^ per a jrn* i tl* Krarent, Atlu*nienM*» Iuk* in uriianuiii i>|iii t.ieulum traiiMiiIrrurit. Tlieatrum ** BamI Kr ifiet. in !•.'>. poMiarMii - Thr Aati<|4iii««'^ R*imr. ' ar. I - fjvw «i| tiM Of««k TorU" In I7ns •pfumird cbA|4«ia lo Ikr Kn^livk i^Vaty m Lcfburn. wbctv br iiArruwIy nrApi J f*iliBf «narr IW puwrf uf ibr ln'|«t«iMa |k»rn M rastlin^'. Krai. 1^74 . ditO m I^Mnkm. 1 7 14 ^iUtfmm p y*: Ant. N'u«it.|. IJ^IL O W. 8TUKELET AKD OTHERS. 241 Grseco rocabulo appellantes ; quod eo conveniens Turba e long- inquo, sine ullo impedimento, spectaret Hudc morem postei Romani, ut picraque alia, in urbeoi transtulerunt," & cites Sipon- tinus. Martialis "omnis Csesareo cedat labor Amphitheatro. Hinc ladi Amphitlieatrales, qui in Amphitheatro fiebant; Itali hodic Coliseo." Fabricius Chemnicensis, in his Homa cap. zii. p. 129, confounds tbem under the title or word Theatrum : bat cap. xiv. p. 14(i, de Porticibus, mentions " Portions Amphi- theatri" called so "ab Ampbitb. loco adjuncto," & p. 157 be says " Porticus ampbitheatri triplex: in exteriore parte adittia nunc cemuntur :t>:xiii., in media xxxvi., in intinia Ixxii." He aays Strabo mentions 3 theatres & one amphitheatre in Campo Martio. I find no mention of either theatres or amphitheitrea in tbe bishop of Oxford's' Arcb»ologia Gnec., but in the 2d cap of lib. 2 of Rouse's Archxlog. Attics, I find they bad theatres of wood, called ik-pi'a, afterwards of stone, but mentions no time, nor anything else of an amphitheatre, though both those learned authors treat of manly exercises at the Gnecian games. Perhapa then the Grecians, if they really used amphitheatres, borrowed them from the Romans, ii they from tbe Etrurians aa tbe mar- quis asserts, who haH been very diligent, elaborate, & searched this subject tu the bottome, which he says is more than Sarayna, Lipsius,' or Monfaucon has done. One passa^re in his book, towards the beginning, make.^ me think the " Muro torto," of which Lord C'oierain hua a painting, was before Auretian repaired Rome & turned it into a sort of a fortityed wall, part of an amphi- theatre, & of brick too, & why they as well as theatrea might not be built of brick 1 cannot see. ■ John I'otter, born in Vorkiliire, 1674 ; died 1717. Edoeaied U Oxfotd. Chaplain to Archbiihc>pTvni>on. Regiui pToftworot Dirioitj. 1708. Bitbop ot Oiford. ITtJ. Archbiihnp of CuUrbarT, 1737. WtMC "ADliqoltj* ot Qntce." kc.—Btftom. ]i. CM. ■ Juitu* Lip«iui. born 1M7 i di«d IG06. Hi Mndied CitU Lawat LoaTaia, and in 15^7 vu •ecretar^ b> Cardinal Granvelle, at Kone. ProfcMor a< Hia- torr at Lcjden in ISIV. He waa Srat ■ Roman Catholie, tbca a Latbafan, aftcmardi a CaUiniit. and laitljr a Booaniat afaia. Hia Nipcntition wm intcnae. auribotinfc Mmc ot bia writiaga to the inaptrauon at the TilgiB Maij. Hi* worlu wtn published at Antwerp, in 6 vola. tolln, 1S37. Mmomf hla writ- ion «aa one ** Dr Ani]4iitbcatria."— Awtoa, p. «U. 242 MISCELLAHIOUB CORRSSPOHDBIfCB. You^l be satiflfyetl^ though I could not wait upon too in town, that I ha%'c a jrood will ever to convene with you. Our Societj in augmented lately hy the admission of Mr. Pegg,' an ingeniooa member of St. John's (^ollege, Cambridge, I think a Fellow, 4 studious of antiquitys ; a mercbnnt ; k a surgeon of this town, & we have every wi»ek verj' full meetings. Our library enereaaea, 10 that we are about making two large classes for our books, Ac I am, dear Sir, Your most obliged obedient servant, Macr. Jomcaoii. P.S. — Pray favor me with an answer at your best leisure, especially as to tho Mum Torto. Qu. 1. — P.S. — Why has the Victoria on the reverse of (onat. the Great*» coin of victoria sarmat., a scorpion in one hand, k a palm branch in the other ? Qu. 2. — What tape^tr}• wea%'er is this the mark or plagia of? Where k It is on the vergi* or salvage Moses*H miruclesi at the roc Manna hhower, Hattle in Itt^phidin, Ac, at a gentleman's ^eat in tliifi iordfJiiji. yvV Qu. 3. — May nut all the cxcrgucn of the latt-r /^^\^/ empin*, aft<*r Carausius*» time at leant, which have thcM* letter^ rur, rics. u*N. hicv. slt. u\ be pro|M*rlT read Percunsum or Signatum Lindi-Colonia*, £ the tolluwing rL>'. bLN. LN. be read I^ndini, as I think 1 ha%e b«H*n the fir»t coo* jecturor.* Qu. 4. — Ha.l thi' «f-I;:ypiian» t-vrr a |iatriarchal form of g(i\«Tniii<'iil. \ th«' |iii\««r i>t a*|M|iiiti^ ? Qu. .%. — N ihrri- *iii h a lM«»k in print an Qii« rivtanu<»*0 liiw toria Anglica? <1 i« hi* tuit the name author with While, who writ«"« hiuiM'ir Ibning^tiA k, by Mr. if'eMm called C«'int-« Pala* tinus? Sir, you*l fjv«ir mo by giving me your sentiments in aa few words as you pIcaM*, not lo make nj impartiDcnce a plaf ue to weaver is this the L when did he live? j^ ge of a fine sett of xV] ck in Horeb, the ^ %tw SMUvrl nt^f of Oodi Ucii aoc tW am eaaiMMfsr.— A. O W. STUEELET AKD OTHERS. 243 yon. The 3 first quserys will oblige our Society to have answered by a meoiber of whose learning & judgement we have a just esteem : the latter fell in the way of my studys. The last quaery was answered as foUows, by Dr. Tanner.' In the present shattered state of my memory, I cant recollect ever to have -heard or mett with Quercetani Histor. Anglica, or thatever the fanciful Rich. Whitus Basinstocbius took that name. There were one or two of the Quercetani Physicians of note in the beginning of the last century, &. I think there was another, Andreas Quereetanus, writt something histoncaU by way of sup- plement to Marrier's Bibiiotheca Cluniacensis ; but any account of our English history or persons come in tli ere on ely accidentally, Si I think that work could not with anypropriety be intitled Historia Anglica. But after all, if there be such a book quoted as Quer- cetani Historia Anglica, why may it not be Andr. du Chesnes Hiatoire Generale d'Angleterrc, &c., for if I mistake not, cliesne or chene in French is Quercus, i'rom whence it will not be diffi- cult to coin Quereetanus ? The Andr. Quereetanus living at Paris (who added the im- provements to Marricr) about the same ^me with Andr. da Chesne the Hi9toriogra]>her, qu. if not the same person ? LV. Another Letter from Maurice Johnsok, Esq., upon THE SAUE subject, WITH AS ACCOUST OF A VAST RICH PEARL PRESENTED TO THE QUEE-V OP SPAIK, VALUED AT 36,000 PIECES OF EIOHT.— H. C. 8[>alding. ibo lOth of Octob., 1730. Dear Sir, The favor of yours of tlic 23rd ultimo I communicated to our Society, who return you many ihaiiks for the notice you're > Tbomu Tanner, bom in Wilcihirc, 1S71 ; died 1735. Fellow of Qneen'* Colle^. Oiford. 1697; Climnccllor of Norwich. I7U1 : PnbenilKrrof Eij. ITIS; ArcbdeKun of Korwiuh. 172:1; (Janun of Cbmtchuich, I'i'i; Biihop ol tJk Ataph. ITJI. Before lie «'M:;:{ycar*of ai^hvpubliihcd "Notilia Uonutica." in ICVZ, which waa re-publiihed in I7.*i|, hj hin brother. Dr. John Tanner, Pre- centor of SI. Auph. and Rector of Ilaille^. Knffolk. He left large eollecUoni fat the conntjr ol Wilta. Hi* raluable aod catenaJTe colleclioiu an ia the Bodleiao Libraij, Oxford. Hii portrait waa engraTed M tbe upcnae of tbe Societf of Antiqnarlea, of which be waa k Fellow.— JrvA««f>yia, ToL L, Inti^ 244 Ml8CCLtJtNI0C8 CX>RRK8P0irDBIfCB. pleated to take of them, k concurr with yoa for the honor of old England in apprehendin;^ our arophitbeatret at DarcAuUr^ Syl^ ehuUr^ k Rie/Jforoughj mif^ht be once much more ftumptuooa k aerviceable for the design by boin^ environed with a portico k oorered with lodgea of woodwork long »ince loat throagh the injarjs of time. And though on reading MaRei, k looking oTor Bre^'airs drawings, one may, as to those edifices, say with the epigrammatist of the Flavian ColoswBum, '* Omnis rcdat labor/* yet oomparing the size k circumstances of those cintatea or coro- munitys with the Populus Romanus, k this little other world with the *OiKai^/vi|, I cannot but think them instances of the great apirit of our ancesUirs ; k taking it for granted what the marquis has much labored to prove, that the amphitheatre is properly a Roman, k not a Grecian building in invention, an I don*t know any author who pretends to asct*ruin the time of effoMe amphi* theatres, if a Fen man may be allowed to call them so, why might they not be aa early at least aa any, being more readily to made bv a number of hand;* k the direction nf an architect or de«i<:ner ? Undoubtedly for drayning 4 fortifying, driving was used very early in every nation, k wi? mny modestly presume the Britons knew k practised many long befure, A beside what (V^ar haa been pleas«*d to record (if them in his incDUsistrnt tale : wluitfver at least the maritime Uauls A; lk-lgiiin« i^ere ni.iMer» of, they probably imported, k perhaps much more from farther distant ooontreys. And though th«* S4*vfrall monarchyt in ibeir mrfro- polisei respectively, as they became Ilerum Domini, took in 4 advanced arta k scicnci*^, v«*t I humblv cvmcrivr s«*vrrall infrrior nations, who perhaps ne%er made a (mrt e%en of thi- Roman world, or were but lutr n-duced into the form, or rjllier onrlv ■ called by the im|ieriou» Ruman^ pm^ince^, had a ta«t lor arts, k aome very ixinMtierable works lieli>re the runque*t of (trerce. la a deacription of Italy, pnnteil in r|uart«», by a li-amr«l En;:li»h traveller, in 15|>cn to people that will pore on what they havLn't leisure to look into thoroughly. However, for the credit of my countroy. I :ini irlad that you, dear Sir, on whose judge- ment I rely, approve my conjecture of PLC in the exergues for Percusi^um Lindi Coloniiv, & have since observed in others of the Cuiistantine family, ii about tlieir time the same, & allso SLC signatum ibid. I am sorry so ver^" worthy & learned a man as Dr. Tanner should have been so much indisposed, Si that under so ill a state of henlth, unrecoverod. he should give himself the trouble of so large an account of Duc-hc^ne, whom I veryly believe to be the Quercetan HiMi>riaii int<-ndi-tor. Library, fol. ed. p. 1, 76, h" refers (u some account of tbe Norman reigns publisht by him in fill., at Parisi, H>li', but I never saw (hat book. I am vcrj- ' Occo.. p. 1CS, calli it Traphniim, m U aUo ■femi to b« od ■ medal o( mine— [(. a. ' William NicholwQ. burn at Orton, Cnmberland. 16U ; died 17S7. UB' catcd at QuMo'* CullcKC, Oxfurd. and became lacocHiTclj BUhop of Carllale, UerT7, and Archbiihop of Caihel. He pabtiihed 'Tbe Rngliah. Hoot^ and Irirh IIi>t«Tical Librarj : " 'LeKce Uaichiarum. oc Border Law*;" Ac. H« alio cDtcred wiib leal and abilitj into tbv Baogotiaa CaDtTe*an liim of wliat I k my fi»n.*Ulhrn» had 8a%*ed from detraiidt*onH* h:iniU ri'lalin;: to the thick^iwn rrli;!i(»u< li«»u^**, Au:., in them* parts, wliirli In? wan plraM-d to aivept a^ intruded, & to acknowKnlp* by a Ifttor. A menilier of our Society ha», I believe, Iteen aMlipiis to tin* tapi^try makvr, for when I Viewed them hen*, Capt. PilliiHl, who draw^ de?>ign«. ^ p:iint% \ery prettyly, told nu* Iw briirvetl it might U* tlu* plagia ul'om* of the family of Vo^ of HrusM*ls, tor when \w wa^ at that place in 171tt, there were M)me of that namr then verv eminrnt lor that M»rt of work, ii such arts abroad run in tlie blcMid long. Tother dav I had a lettiT from mv kin«man« Mr. H. Johnscm, now lVt«»itli*nt nf the Ai«M4*nto,* a^« thi- SjianianN »tile him« at Panama ; who tcl!^ mo her Majcftty of >|iain h.id con- fern*d one <»f tin* \ic>i «:iivi'rnmcnt> in IVru on agentltrman, whi> had had the gl.t\(*, Iml riifranciiiMNl^. i»ut i»f •iratitible tor hi* giNid u^agt' c*f him, \s\h'U tht* |MNir genth*man h;i« ri^iiuix^l to want. The gentlfman carr\e. in the t\my «i| Qmnn KrM(«-fli •■><■ d a larirr f"rtutir Ml f<>ufili*l ttir IC'r ^ ri»l •irui lufi- •*• l^irt.cl ih Ibc fftrnt Arr i-f IC*.* , umI tb« MO'Od buiMiiig «M atfain «lc«cr««vc«l bj are la MJ». fbifB 1)19 . ili«^ \$l9. W. STDEELEY AND OTHKBS. 247 holding the fair st Portobello, & 30 millions of pieces of eight expected to be brought thither ia specie from Peru ; a vast treasure to be layd out in bo short a time. I am, dear Sir, &o., Haub. Johnson. LYI. Observations cpos the flight & passaoe of Fowls, WHICH COME IKTO BRITAIN AT CERTAIN SEASONS OF THE YEAR, IN A LETTER FROH SlR JoHN ClERK TO S. OaLE. — H. C. Jany. 1730-1. There are many tr;)nsient fowls that come into Britain at certain seasons, &. return to the countrey from which they came. Some of these come only for food, as the wild geese & woodcocks in winter, &. some to iie^st in siimincr, as those water fow] which go by the name of Poland geetf, & ncNt in the Isle of Basse, at the mouth of the Firth uf Forth &' other places in Scotland. Till! swallows & ciickows are liki.-wtsi- of this kind, & some small birds which disappear in winter ; but those fowls & birds como likewise for food, the gt'es<> for hi-rrings, the swallows tor flyes. The wild geese come into Britiiin in October & November, & are allways observed to come from the East. The woodcocks como not oneiy at that time liithcr, but to most parts of Europe, particularly France, Spain. Iialy, A ticrinany, where they arc in great numbers, k likewise into Irchind. The wason of their return is March, all of iliem go oil' at that time, except a few sick & wounded, which hitve been known to nest in tlie^ parts. Both the wild gccM- A the woodcocks, by rca.'ion of their \-ast numbers, umst be BUpjK»ed to come from very large countl^'ea in a northern climate which aftor the month of October is covered with ice ii snow. Nature has jtrovidi-d the woodcocks with long bills to suck up their meal in marshy places, the wild gecsc live much in the ^amc way, but when snch grounds as arc proper for their nourishment iire frozen up ta covered with snow, it is evident these fowls umst dewrt them & retire to such places where they can best feed during the winter season. Uow they perform their long flights ti paasage* Mi tbe oonti- 248 XlSCBLLANEOt'd C<>RRF.HM)NDK!fCE. nent is no manner of difficulty, but how thej oome orer the German Ocean into tbc Northern [wrts of Britain will deserve some consideration by thoMS who an* curious of enquiry* into all parts of nature. Tlie difficuhy of their passage will bi» the greater, if we consider in tlu* fimt place, that it cannot be lesee than 600 miles ; next that in their onlinary way of flying they can like other fowl lie wear veil ^ tak<*n if ctused for Mime hours without any rest or rtrspite ; A: in the la^t place, that in their usuall way of flying when not ch:i!ie«i tliey cannot well eiceed 15 miles in an hour, A: it is rven clotiht«tl if the\' can in their ordinary wav flv even so farr without n-st. I am therefore inrlininl to lN*liev«> that thi-w* fowU i<«)mc from the Northern part of Mus<*ovy k Tartary. \. th.it th>*y perform their passage over the German ace of mx hi»urs. TliU'« thi*yr journey may be performed me«*rly bv lio%'ering in th<* air, but if they flye with any AwiftnesiM*, they m:iy «ii%pateh it in much le*M- time. That thi< i^ pn>b.ibly tin* ca^* will np|M*ar tnmi the following oonsitleratiitnH. I. Tliat the wiMMr*iM*k^ e'«|MH:ia!!y are known to fly very high, iV at their tir^t coin in;; mto thev* |>art^ an* it were to dnip fr«>ni the i ItitnU. [«ikewtM* it ha« been many times that when they are i*agerly pur«uen* tlii\ leav«* tlN*ir lialiilationa kerr. II. Tlut the world turning; Ka^tHsrd i»n it* axi« «-annoC ImiI verv inuch atT^leratt* th«*ir ni*»t!on \ViM«anl il' tliev tan he * * nuppoM^I to raiiA theiD'teKe* lM*\otii| ihf gr«-atr«t forrr of the atmo«pher«> : I say the gn*ati-«t fi»n^ of it biTVuar it cannut br »up|M>«ffl that fuwU can rai^* tltt'in^elvr* entirely lir%-ond it : unely where it is very thin k it* |«ifier dimini«he«i, the will profiortionaliy be the Irsse V W. STL'KELEY ASD OTUERB. 249 III. Because all bodys diminish in their weight in proportion to their distances from the centre of gravity, & the sione mar be said of the power of attraction. IV. Because there is lesse difficulty in this sup|)osed way of fowls passing over great tracts of ground from East to West, than that they can fly over 600 mik'S of sea without meat or rest; &. it may be added that when they come first here they have meat in their stomachs, & are as fatt as at any time afterwards. To this hypothesis thes*- objections may !« made: 1. How can a fowl breathe nhen :it so gre;it a height !n the air, since men have observed some dilficulty in their respiration on the tops of very high mountains? II. How can nny fowl resist the atmosphere which turns Eastward with the ivorld, above 9(H) miles in an hour? III. What neesi>tance can be given from the diuniall rotation of the Glolie? IV. If sucli fowls, as are idwve uu-ntioned, make their ]>aft- sage by the assist:t an much assiA tlieir respiration as if tiny were near to their marshy habitation-? To the sc<.-ond objection I answer as atmve that tlic itmo-pbere being nmch rarifyeJ the reisistanee must be leue, &. cotuequeutlr the motion, in flying, »lmnger & >wifter. 250 IflSCILLAMIOfTS CORRBBPOKDSIfCB. To the 3' I answer there 14 no need of supposing those fowb raise themselves above the clouds, because these oonsisting of vast expanded bodys must swim as the atmosphere carrys them, except ill winds contrary to the diumall rotation, for in this case they arc carric^d Westward. Tliis impulse we see at times, vwy small, k therefore it lavs us under a conviction tliat there is do gn*at WiTce nec4*sft:irv to tr:ins|K>rt a l>«xly, hi;;h in tht* air, con- trary to the niotiiin of the atmimphere. As to the -Ith ol)j«*etion, tliou;!h QiuiU in their passage are not pr(»|)orly «iNsisti*d by the diuniall n>taiion yet they raise tluMiiM^lve.H verv lii;;h, \ in some s<*n8e mav be said to have that assistance*, as we mh* a boat may be carryed down a stream, & by that ineaiiH with very litth* help reach the other side of the river : but as to the passage of QuaiU from Africa to Italy, we have not vet l>ceii ti»l«i what a^sistanct* thev mav have of refresh* ing tlieiiiM*lve> on the Islands of Sicily, Msltlia, or others in the MtHliterraneaii. A*« to the sw:illow» nhatever has been said as t4> th<*ir U'in;; touii the return of thest* fowls to the pi act* «i heiiee they came, if thfV are n'.dly as^i^nl by tlie diumall rotation, thiir |«siiage mu<*t lie »lill westward till they are at th«-ir jt>urne\ s etid. LVIl. KkMAHKS OS A rAfEK INTITLCn ** OBhEHVATIONS OX TSt ruiiiiT 4 fAssAGK or Fowls m'HicB comc intu BaiTAin AT CCRTAIN SKASOSs/' BT Mk. J. Mai IIIN, SEl*arrAaT or THE Hoy ALL Sikictt.— 11. r. The di*sign of the disc*ourse is to solve certain dificoltya which ariiie from ei>n%idrnng the* vast prugmse which, in the author's aci^ount, is made in a vrry short time by bird* of passage in their annual transniigraiions from ouuntrey U» countrey. Uia W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 251 Opinion is that wild geese &, other fow], which visitt this Island & the neighboring countiys at certain seasons of the year do come directly from the Northern parts of Muscovy & Tartary, &. must consequently inuke a passage of near (lOO miles at one stretch over the Gbnnaii Ocean, there being no place for them to alight either for rest or food : notwitlistinidinp which be observes they discover no signs at their first arriviill of being wasted with the fitigue of this extraordinary flight, but on the contrary are as futt then as ever aftenvards, t^i: are found with food remaining in their stomachs. As to the jdaces from whence these birds coino to us, he Judges of it by comparing many cir- cumstances ; he concludes it must be a very hirpe i-ountrey by reason of the great multitude of fowl which is furnishl from it every season. That it is a couiitrej- to the Ea-tward appears from that they are allways observed to come from that quarter ; & that il is in a Northern climate he collect* from considering the circumstances of the times in which they an- observed to conw to & go off' from this Island : for as ilicy arrive iu OcIoIht or Nov- ember bcfori- the bard frosts, ii Icuvu the Island when the marshy grounds where ihcy jiather food licgiii to lie thawed & covered with snow in the eountn-ys whence they c:ime, it is a plain indication their prse is made fnim a colder towartis a warmer elime. A their return to it when they aui then- find food again. Wherefore nincc the Northern parts of Muxcovj' Jk Tar- tarv are the onely counirey, as he judges, wherein unite all these circnnislanees, A which must therefore, as he eoneludes, In- the countns whence they ctmie directly to ns, lieren|>on rist* a great dispute to e\pl:(in how il is that these birds which at other times, even when pur>ued, cannot fly faster ih.in after the rate of 15 miles an hour, shall yett In: able to perlimn su hmg a paAwtge, as this is, in m> >hon a time, as hv the plight in which ther are found when they f1r^t some hither, it manifestly apjtears they do it in ? For the Milulion of this difficnily the Author lays down tbe following hyiKtthesiM: That birds of passage, when upon their designet with leaae resistance in their flight; thirdly iV prliiriiKilly, hy Immii*; Iret-d from the rt^stance of the atmosphere they aie no lonp*r under the iMipr(*a»ion of ita motion, A: conM.*«{ti<*nily not U'in;; carryitl round witli the earth in ilM diurnall ri»t;ititiii. thfv art* letl at lilicrtv, m> that bv uneir hoverin;; in tht* >aino plare. tht'V must be bniu;;ht over differant cuuntri(>3i Wi*>t\v:iii| :in the earth turns ufmn iti» m\\% to the EIa»t ; & thuH perform ;i pa^^.i;:e all most as fa>t one way n^ the Globe itS4>irturn^ tlir lontrarv wav, that in, aft«*r the rale of SHM) miles an hour uii«lrr (lie ciiuiniK'tiall, \, after the rate of l)etween 5 4 6 hundrril mile« an hour in (»nr I<*atitude. Now without «*nirin«r into an examination of the truth of the faet whellier anv -^urli extranrdinarv i>aH^£e in aetuallv made or not« iV wiilmtit einpiiriii;; when* thoM* limits of the atmo!»plirfe are in \%liii-li it i« iiii|M)<««i)df* for a bird to li\e either for want of air. of a due IhmI !•> pri M-r\«' it from (hilling; or fn-ezin;;, ur uf a du«* «{naiitil\ tot rf^|iir.i(ion. I «lnll e«»iitine niVM'lt to the bare eoM^i«leratii»n ol liu li\ |Niilif%i<« in onler to ver Imiw I'arr it may roii>liiif !•• .it}<*r«l tiit* :ei\anta;*«-:« Hhich .ire pni|NiMt;iint*«| l>\ it. FirM, lln- a.|\ iiit.i;;!'* lo U* ^aineil in h'^M-iiiii;; the «ri^ht is allti»:;<*t}i«T ini-oii<»ii|i-ral'l>- : tor thr ;:r4%itv «if InmIv« dt*en'aiirs in a iluplii-.iti- pro|Miriioti o| tin* ili«tanoi* from the renter uf the eirtli. M» tint in a l«-\% in.l**^ iJiMafiee t'nMii tin* Mirfaiv the dim i* nut ion ot ili<- \%< ijlit i^ i>iit a \<*r\ umall pirt of thf wliolr. For in^tati«*«*. ai I'l iiiiif^ .i:«(.iti, «• uliieli i« ih«' tour hundn^lih |iart of' till* ««'iiti-tli lint thf tMii liuii'lnilth |iart ot till- ulp'li ; at J * Mil!' « •! «tanif ««liieh i« thr ]fiitMh |iart of iIm* ««*inr'Hlia iK'tt r, tli*- •iMininition of' tlie wei;/lit i« nf» more than till* hNifh pirt W. STITKELE7 AKH OTHKItS. 2.53 more rarifyed tLere tban it. is nboiit a mile or two Trom the sur- face of the earth. For the rarefaction is double in 3^ miles height, & quadruple in every seven miles, & so on. From which it appears that a bird cannot |)ossibly gain the advantage of loosing more than the 50th part of its weight, alltliough it should rise to the top of the atmosphere. As to the second advantage proposed by their flying into those upper regions where the resistance of the air is lessened, this when considered will prove to be a disadvauta;!:e. For an abatement in tlie resistance of tbe air is in effect an abatement of force in flying ; but if it should be granted that it is an ad- vantage yett is it one that cannot be obtained in that part of the atmosphere where the author supposes the fligfat to be made, viz. underneath the cloud.«. For the air beneath the clouds follows a different rule of rarefaction from that which is aliove the clouds. The doniiity of the air dejtends ujion two cau^s : it is condensed by the weight of the incumbent atmosphere, A it is nirefycd by the reflected he;it of thr earth : bv which mean.< it l>ocuincs not densest near the earth but it grows den!^.■^ & denser in its pn)- gresse upward, as tbe reflccled hc:it di-creases, it cuincs at last to its limit of greatest deiisity, which I supjiosc ni.ny be in or near the place whert' the va|M)rs or ilouds arc rai-n-d to by its heat. Birds m the incrcaoe of the resistance, for the air being denser A: more buoyant, it affbnls a stronger spring to the wings in flying. The last & principall point, & that alunc which is intcndoil to contain a solutitm of th<' difficulty in shewing after what manner these birds do |>erform so groat a jiassngc in ini -liori a time, namely by Ix-'ing freed from the diumall motion of the earth, as soon as they art' freed from the resistance of the air, is indeed nothing more than a mecr opinion, not warranted by any autho- rity, n<»r in any manner to be rt'conoilcil with the estublisht doctrines or known experiments of motion. For boily" move along with the earth as parts with the whole, whether there be any atmosphere or not The atmnt^idtcre may by degrees com- municate its motion to t>odys floating in it ; l>ut vvery body moving with the earth will continue in tbe *amv motion after tt 254 BflSCCLLANEOUS CORRESPOITDBiCCB. is loosened from it, without the assistsnoe of an stniosphere, unlesse that motion he otherwise altered or destroyed. Thus a hody will fall in a recc'iver in vacuo perpendicularly in the same manner as it does in the o|H*n air. Thus when a body falls from the top of the ma-st in a ^hip under sail to the hottome ju^t as if the ship was at rest, ^U('h a liody is carryed alon;; with I lie ship not by th(* air, but the contiiiuanoe of that motion which ic had with the ship U*fon; it was looMcned from it. In th** sdme man- ner if a body fall from the top of an edifice it will fall to the lK>ttom«> by f^oiufi alon^ with thr I'arth in it<» annual motion after the rati* of 1(.HNJ mih*^ in a minute, iV it^ diurnall motion aftrr tin* rati* of some liuniinHlA (ifmilrs in an hour; not Im*c.ium* tliesie motions are commtinirattHi to it by the atmosphere, but because th«*v wen* in the b that all ImmIvs cvnitiiiuin:: in the '^nuw •situation are in lh«* «ame con(iiti«»n with re!»|i4Vt to « afh other s« if tin* earth were at reM : nor !!« tht're any uay. by traii'^latin^ a iNMly frr>m on** pl.ie«* to another, to roiiinmnieat«* aii\ new mutinn to it bv means n( this motion. The tliurnal! Million nut U'in;: a translation of the wholf, but a ii»tati<»ii ntM»ii an .i\i«, it art'tt*t« IiimI%% diArr^*ntlv an onliii::l\ ti' tli« ir •iitli-n lit -iinat-i*!!* tin tin- lartli **r in tlir atiiiti<»plM H' ; «> tbit A li h1\ In-iti;: tr.in«l.itii| tri»ni t*u*- pUc^- to ani»ther m ly ;:aiii **t h*^r ••! it« m«*lii>ii. I>\ thi« Uhit i>ti •»! the i-arlh, alltboii^'li nut in tliit i|«*;»roi* as |}ii« Autlii*r mi)>|«i«4*^. nor in ih.tt munnet. I «lijll Ju^t nK'ntii^n nn iii^I.uk-v nr t«<<, \*\ the ua\, leaving: it n« a nni-r ni.itlcr nf ritmputatinn. In a |M«r|H*n- «lienlar Hi::bt li» th«- Ir^ht nt almut IH niil«-« a binl may pain Minif itntliiin t«i tin- \\ i «| nt ulHuit i «ir .'i mih-^ in an h'tur. In a Hi;:hl dinvtly N«>rth or Sunth, (Mip|M»«in|* the atmo«plieri* d«iea not improve its own motion by degrm,) a eunaidersble mocion W. 8TUKELE7 AND 0THER8. 255 may be gained to the East or West. If the flight be near the Polar parts & continue 24 hours the motion gained East or West, according as the flight is towards or from the Pole, will amount to six times as much as the actual! flight If it continue but 12 hours, it will be but 3 times as much as the bird's own flight, & so in proportion. Other instances might be given but these are the most considerable. LVIII. Observations on the remarks made by Mr. Machin, Secretary to the Royall Society, in relation to the transrr of fowls, contained in a paper sent TO Roger Gale, Esq. By Sir John Clerk. — H. C. Mr. Machin has, with a good deal of knowledge in all parts of Naturall Philosophy, made these remarks, but the author of the paper in relation to the transit of fowls from one oountrey to another, presumes that, from what is here subjoyned, it will appear the objections made to the transit aforesaid by the help of the diurnall motion of the earth, are not so well founded as entirely to overturn such an hypothesis. It is granted that by the principles of Natural Philosophy which now nrenerally obtain that there have been several thinc^s advanced in the said hypothesis which cannot be received, but the author presumes to think that there are many received notions in Philosophy which will still admitt of substantial! objections against them. We see for instance, in some things, that daily experience^ A: discoverys do contradict all Philosophick reasonings ; wator has been thought the onely el«*ment in which fishes can livo 6i breathi*, ericnce that some fishes, as Car|)s, Eels, A others, will not onely live out of water, but even grow fatt by being kept in wett hay or straw, ^* fed with food they have not been accustomed to ; wo see that some fowls will bi* frozen to death by cold, whereas others can endure all kinds of storms, 6i sitt on snow & ice without the least danger. Tliese things I onely mention as more immediately relating to what is here subjoyned for supporting my hypothesis. I shall in the next place fiurly state the objections made bjr the learned i^G lllHCT.LLAKF.Ol*S ('ORRE.s|>ONI»CSCC Mr. Macbin. A; f^vc nucli an^wem an iiuy in some meanure illus- trate what I n(]vaiu*eeni. I. Mr. Macliin my^ that i\w TranMt bv the diurnall motion of t\\o earth \< a ni«*<*r opiiiion, \ rontra«lict4)r\' to the reci*i%ed principhit of I'hilojMiphv, tor that tht* atmosphere oonstitutea a part (»r tht* rarth k ac>|>h(*rt> whirh for rarity approac-be* near to pun* iKther, A; ine of tb<*ite fine |uirtH may fly off or \yv lM*liiiid, acviinltn;: to th<* notion of Sir Iiiaac N<*wton, an of the ta:U ot d»nietft when thfv chance to fall within the !»pherr» <»f activity of Plauftv If this be the ca^e that the up|M>r partT^ of ihf* atini>^plii*rr may fly off' or mix in iKthrr, it will ti»llow that tlirrc can In* litlh* ri*!»i!%tance to a body tendin:: a^rain^^t thrm. up|N»H* an annnatical Imdy i^t ill a cir<'ular motion, for in^taiuv. a nutme;;: the eflluvia near it« Unlv n\.\\ circulate with it, but tlioM* at a « We«tw:inN. No d«»nl»t thi« prtN-et^N from KaMerly wirnU, but then it proves that e\en ^>ft A «tnill w imU will prevail .ipiinM tlH* dmriial rotalii»n in ih**^* re;:it»ii<« where tin* uir i» \erv rare. If we «av that «ucli cloutI« iitii-l\ lio\i*r alMi\e u«« k fb«* rotation of th»- e.irtli KaMw.irU ni il**** tie m •«•«•!» ti» ;:i» \V«<»tw.ird, it pnne« «ufHeif ntl\ what 1 Uskw aiU.mo-tl m the transit «»f fowU, %'ix. that it tlN'\ «iiiel\ ho\fr aUixr, A much nuireif thrv make anv <*iKle;i\«ir« \Vr«tw;iril the\ w dl In* a«*Mte : now if a »msll wind can cam* a budv Westward wlN*rr tin* density and rtMlaiira uf ibr air is W. STUKELEV AND OTHERS. 257 great, a much lesse force will do where the resistance is small from the rarity of the air. II. A second objection against some part of my reasoning as to the weight of fowls diminished is, that this diminished weight would be so small that it would give them ver}* little advantage in their flight I answer that though it be true that the weight is onely diminished in a duplicate proportion of their distances, yett still there is an advantage, & besides it is to be observed that the hicrher thev rise the more the incumbent weight of the atmos- phere is taken ofl^ This diminution of weight has been observed by Mr. Derham^ by the help of the barometer even in the gradual ascent of the monument in London. It is the same thing in the air, casteris paribus, as it is in the water as to motion & weight, for the deeper a s^hip is loadcn, & the more water she draws to swim in, the slower will she move. III. Objection 3d. That fowls at the hight they are supposed to fly, by my notions of their transits, will be frozen to death by reason of the cold in the upj>er regions of the air. I answer that there is no diflliculty in supposing that some fowls are of that constitution as to be able to resist anv kind of cold : of this kind 'tis certain that wild geese & woodcocks are, whereas many others, as partridges & pheasants, have been found benumbed by cold, & even frozen to death in some places ; but there is not so much cold near the clouds, though probably mountains of ice & snow, as some may imagine, for such often reflect great heats ; thus we see that burning concaves will melt gold, k convert stones into glasse, though their subst;ince l>e cold iron or some such other metall. Concave clouds of ict* & snow mav have the same efl'ects, me of Ktraw. Tlu* Kumo li^KTliave tik(*A iiotict* like^viiie that in liohrmia there is a inoiintnin rallcnl INeti de Thude. which retains the iintiw onely alniut the middle of it, but the top, liein;; above the cloudt, i% !u*rrne &. without nnv ^now. Ilenre I obM.*n'e that it in diffi- cult t(» tt* II what ile;;n*e«i of !it*at or (Nild are near the oloud<» : I rather Mip|MiM> that the heat increaM.*;* above the rloud« in firo- |H»rti«)n tt> the dlMance from the iiun*ii UMiy, f«»r if it were other* wi>o the taiN of comet ««, »•« Sir f^ae Nrwton ima;:in>« wouhi not furnish M) mueh iiioi*^tun> as to re|»air defcvtA in the planrts: their va|M)ur!* w<»ullinbly adhere more. unlo!*4c they fell within the atmosphere of planetn, which wanted »uch repanition-i. An to till* olij«*<'tioii a^^ain^t thr transit bv n*aM)nof a tlifticultv ill rt*Npirati(>ii, that whirl' I ha\e «»lnM*r\«*ii in the lM*;;iiiniii;: uf this pafNT, n% to ti^heA living; without their proper eh-roent* may Im* an an^iwcr ; for whv iiiav not a wmMJcoek or wild stmttte live as w«'|| in a thin air, for a few hour!« e^[Kvially,as in a thick, in whit'll it in Mip|)«tM*«l their transit fmiii tlifft*rent counirey« may u» |HTroriiuHi y \^ to thr want of a due f^prin;! of air, uhi«*h Mr. Marbin tak«> n<»tli*r ot', at ;;rt'at hi;*ht% nn duuht it we %«iil i-%»ntini* intr- M*lv(*M ti* the r«'(*oivit| notioii*»tV opiiiiMiM wjiii h at prf'««*nt prevail, thi« may Im* a ;;rr.it ditfirulty : but it «c em «up|MHM* tli.,t tci^U at a hi;;ht <*an <«Him in th«* air lik<* a ektud. without ah% UMitiiiti at all, then ihr difficult v hiII In* lr<«M\ 1 Inlifir tlii-r«* i* ni*l««lv • will) hab<«l. lor Midf* t«>''i'tliiT uilhiiiit ariv M-ti^ibh* iiit*ti*tii ; HJiitii i.r>>\i« l>«\«in'l .in% |iii^<»ib:lit\ iif eo|itratl:<*tion that l<»wU, .it ;:nMt hijli'^. n«^^l imt laUiiir mui'li in tli^ir tran«mi;:r.iti«iii%. A I «^*ti« lul«\ il at fku* h hi;:hl« th«*\ «-afi Iriid wi*«tw.ir«l. lli«*% ttii\ |ki%«i).|\ l« a««i«t«-«l b\ th«' iliurnal r<*t:iti«in nf th * ::lttlM-. wlit*rt* iIm- ih ii« l\ i*? ihr .iIumm- phi*ri*. fmifi till* etHu\ii i*f th«* rirfli »V tti«* im iimlii n: «ii-t;.li(, t» difniiii«h«**l. in Kl* I f I (t a^if *»t fiirfliiatrv lilt faai^ ••« •*•« -I «.t|r Af t • i|..i€ac Bi«r*«tarin !• mu*! t** bate aJilrii ■ li m ktlrt - T<* tkr •llsatrK'iM ftutrto««. phy*ic«aii IB K«fO|«. "— JlfvfM. ^ l*a. W. STUKELET ANTl OTHBRS. 259 L1X. A LETTER FROM SiR JoHN ClERK RELATIKQ TO HIS DIS- SERTATION De SttLIS TeTERCU, his HTPOTHESIS of THE TBAySMIGRATION OF FoWLS, & A PIECE OF OOLD* FODHD rs THE North of Scotland A.D. 1731. — H.C. Pennycuick, 31 March, 1731. Dear Sir, I beg Icnve to introduce my son to the honor & h&ppyoesae of yuur acquaintance. Yours of the 2d of this instant has given nie 0 frt's)) proof of your friendship, & lays me under the greatest oh1i;;iittons. I find you have made my little performance accept- ablf to your iwo learned Societys,* & Lave tiken the trouble to make au iibsir^ict of it in English: these are Invore which I can never Jorgpit, though it will never be in my power to requite tlioin. There are a few things which I should have mentioned in iliat l<>od them; wherefore please to iillow mc to lay them before you for your opinion when busy- nesse ulll ^ive you h-isure to think of them. I find in the 7th S:ityr of Juvt-nal, 1. 23, CniccK membrana UIkIIb. tlmt whicli gives me any difficulty in it is a notion of some coui- mi-iilators that it relates to the cover of a Dedication. I confesse I have no such opinion, but take the worda in a very simple si>n>e, >V to moan no more than a neat envering to the work, for this may be one of the I'npsidia which the Poet mentions in order t<> sett oti' a bad fierfurniancr. What do voii think of the C'atagraphoa Tlivnos in Catullus? \\\v.O d.-.-- Hnra.-e mean by lhe«- words in 'his thirtl SatvT? imniiTilui que labout Irati* parie* naiut Dii< aique Pueti*.* ISat. lit., ii, 3. B}. Some of the Commentators faney that the ancients used to * Svyn'i'm. under CumlicrlaDd. ■ IU>yal and Aniiqnarian Soeietiea. — R. 0. ' Ttic vallf at a poi-t'i chamber «eem built with tbc cane ol Um goda npon ■hem. nini-r the c"^' ba>e aulijeriril them to the capririnoa pMaloaa of tb« rliTmini: U'.\-\ hIii curie and (irilie ihem in thrir poetical Ilia. ■• if they were tlic caii>r "f Their Mrrililj. Some intcrpretera tiailcniand tbia wall, u a tnilj [loeiii-al vail, cxi-rv-) with vax. on which the porta wrme tbclr Bidnig^t aaMratiitiia. — FramrU't Mir. 260 1CI80ILLAKE0U8 CORRBSI'OSDDCCB. write their inventions on a whitened wall, t this wall, il was to be beat becau5e Dama5ip|iuii could produce nothing. I know not but this may be the Henst* of it, vet methinks the Com* mentators should havt* iciid mf>rt*, viz. that this might be a paric-a sacer in the sense Hora(*<^ tiikcs it in the 5th ode, lib. i, line* 13-16, Me Ubald aaccr VoUtA paries indicat utuIa SupendiMe |i(»tcnti VestimenU mmnt I»cf).* In that dissertation I should |ierhap*( havonotcvi that Attalus «a» said by some to have been the invent cr nf |ian'hment, bui I hi* did not MH*m to have had anv c you reiH'ived the laHt |ia|>or I sent you in relatioo to the objicrvationM the S«Tretarv of tho Royal Siciety was» pleased to make on the firfit I S4*nt. It \%a.H not worth his while to seek any reputation by annworin;; a iia|MT whtt-h I never intemlcd fur the publick view, but mecrlv to tlixcrt vnu bv a kind of Arabian or IVntian tale. He will for;;ivc me if I wmii;: him, but in one of the nrw5pa|K*rA 2 or tlirei* wtvk^ ap» I (»b^*rvi*d a pam^^raph to this puqxMc*, that the Secri'tary ol' thr Iti^all &M-iHy had pn*sent(Hi an an<»\v«T' of hi* to a pa|H*r M'nt by a forei;:ner k bad di^ired it mi^ht lie nH*onli*d, how«*vcr that it wan refonrd. I wiith it was not this forei^er, but liin |a|KT wa^ no dm^-d vp, that from the beginning I su^^pectinl he bail a denign to makr it part of hi!« Philosophical lucubrations ; no duubt I am in mi^bty * lltirftTr. U* intimate that h«* hail \^m •hipwrrrkcl, in a |«aaa«ia W lubl for Pjnha. apphra !•» tut ea«r a rrrlain ruttfOi ihar «»l4aint^l a»*«f ■«:* f wkii bail lirrn tatnl fr«ini •hipvrrck "f rr| r< M-ntintr if> a I'li-iyrr alS iLai l«-ln tbrm Nine t*t ihcni na«le uar ut ihia piciurv lo rinir frrlin^ of ckmrtj Chat the J nitrht rrcuver ch*ir loaar* at mem. Thu*. Jmrrmml. >ai iit f%t0 pictarc* «er» hang roaad Ibcir accka. a»i| thrir <»«»«?• mtm their •««fa oldiainm. Other* dolieaicd the UUcc to the Icapir «■! that god whu« ikrf had invoked, aad lo «ho« tbty faacicd ihrj owfU iheir pr«tervai«n« * This It all a aitcahr. for atither were fiir John rWfk't raf^vrv rv^i k^mr tha Kof al Soaetj. aor Mr Machta'* ohaervatioaa. The |«|«f tmm the U vaa qaila —a «hsr thukf .<— ft. O. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 261 contempt with him for contradicting so many received principles. I thank you heartily for the Perith inscription you sent me. Though your conjectures were not the ne plus ultra of everything relating to antiquity, I should very much approve of them as to this inscription.^ The same just opinion I have of you makes me desirous to have your sentiments on this piece of antiquity inclosed. The account I give of it is exactly right, onely I can- not be positive if it was found in an urn or a cairn. I was told it WU8 in an urn,^ but have sent to the north to be better informed about it. No doubt but it is very ancient, yett I cannot believe it is Roman. I thank you for your civilitys to my brother, about three years ago, most kindly, he, I believe, will wait upon you with my son, being to stay in England 2 or 3 weeks. Possibly my son may desire to see the old Earl of Pembroke, & perhaps my Lord Hertford. I am unwilling to give a good friend any troublci vet I believe vou must introduce him. I sent the old earl one of iny dissertations, with a letter, but have not heard from him. I am, by the greatest tyes of friendship & affection, dear Sir, yours, &c., J. Clerk. LX. Hev. James Anderson *' to Saml. Gale, Esq., at Com- missioner Gale's, in Bedford Row." — H. F. St. J. Over against St. James's Church, Pickadilly, 26 ffeb., 1731-2. Di'ar Sir, T\w inclosed is from ( ounseller Edwards, of Lincoln^s InnCi the worthy warden of the Horn LoNliEyCE. teriana will not own those of an ill character, far leii.« recommeiMl them to the countenance of others. I doubt not of his caparitj of becoming an expert officer, & be knows his doom if he is noC both expert & faithful!. Therefore pray. Sir, let ine im|M>rtuiie you to speak to the commissioner that his honour «iouKl be pleaseil to make him an excise-man, k I shall ever f^ratefullr remember it as becomes, d<*ar Sir, Your affectionate Brother, k obedient M*rvant, Jam. ANPCAsoy.** P.S. — I had 4uite for^jot to tell you that your brother is one of the substTilxTs to my book of Royal (letiealon'ie!* now pub* lished ; d: if he ban not ^ot it from the priiiti-r I shall S4*nd it to his honour in 411! ros according to my prn|K>sals. U my dull memory ! I had alM> forgot to ti*ll you tliat I Ion;: murh to 1 iu;;li half an hour with you, my wori»hippfuII brotlM-r ; k pray let me know when &, where I can wait on you for that lamlable purpose. LXI. From Sir John <*lf.rk, covi t.rkini; his Dts^r.RTATioac De STYLlSt VeTF.RUM, CoNSErRANEl, FlIGIIT 0» W\LP FOWL, & RATTLESNAKES. — H. C. Edenbr., March 1, I73|. I)«»ar Sir, I troubl«*«l you with a li-ttrr Mimr day^ a::i>. mhii-li I «up|Hinr Col. H«»rM?lry Ii:m «leli%frwl to you, t";:erher with ihrrr #h»|ivh of a short I)isM*rta(itin of minr, IV Si\li« V«'|«tuiii. I lia*I no time then to make ober concerning the traniiir of foHl*. Iiut tlx* i'\rlMi|u*-r affair* bein;; over, I htvr M*nt you %«hat «K^•ur^-l !«» nu*. f..r lilu^tratin;; or sup|M>rtiii^ my li\ |Nithi-«i«. I lM|ii'%«», iii.lroi, ilut I ha«r advani'ctl moro tiuii I «-an maintain, A \i-t I am u**x oin%iiii*i'«l of the al>u ilial \mu l^•tl<-«'.«l^tl my name, hIh'm \«>u ^a%e my |a|rf*r In that |*tnilfiiiah. I thank you for tin* inscriptiun you ■enl me, thme of his ermta in the Itinerarium, but has taken no notice of Minir rtdiculoun things he made me say, wherefore I have »etit him a few corrections, if there be place for ibem in his Latin edition. I had a hotter lat<*ly from Abraham Gronovius, at Leyden, wherein he approvf*il of our opinions aliout the Dea Bri;;antia ; you know he i^ an h«*reilitary antiquarian. I ho|ir this will find you k all your family wi-ll, tliert* being mithing more lH*artily wisht for by, dear Sir, Your>, Ac, J. <*L£IUU LXIII. SAMt'CL (tALE *'Tu THE UeV. Dh. StUKCLCY, AT STAiiruKiK IN Lin* ot..\siiikK.**--H. F. St. J. I«4)n«lon, June t>, I7«i^. IVar Sir, I don't U»\v ti> U' trMtili|<^imf* to inv friend*, «-«iMTiallv in |iei'uniar}' affair^, lHiH«*%ir. iiiu«t tn*«|a«« m> fnr a* to dr^re you to pay t<» Mr. FmiH i« Vvtk tin* »umm of foiir Uiillinga k ai&|Nncc*, |«irt «>r hi^ !A»t i»uUKription to the IX-midrrata "* At U«foviau.-lt it. ** Oalj m%m9i im tW aargui si km iim. hrpt^ wteli I Wal kim ft O. W. STUKELEY AND OTUEKK. 265 Curiosa, which I had not the opportunity of paying him before. You may order me to pay the like summ for you here, or how you think fitt I have been this last week amongst the gardens, cascades, grottos, vistoes, & statues, in our environs^ & dined & supped last Monday in Hertford Castle, a place famous in our history, having gott a pretty palfry, who is either to commence antiquary or virtuoso. Our weather is now so serene that I almost regrett every day I consume in Kapnopolis. My brother & nephew arrived here last night, I having mett them at Waltliam Cross, where the preservative still bid defiance to waggons & hay carts, & our landlady at the Four Swans sends up many an oraison for the Antiquarian Society. Our town, continuing in its usual stupidity is to be relieved next Wednesday night by a ridotto al fresco, at Vauxhall, but I fear all things will not come off there with the elegancy I could wish for. 'Tis thought our mobb will intermix with the diversion, & tlien quis cladem illius noctis, quis funera fando, temperet a lachr}'mis ?** Your old Col- chester freind, Mr. Jacomb, desires his respects to be transmitted to you, as doe all your freinds in Bedford rowe, & none more than Sir, Your affect, freind & very humble servant, Saml. Gale. LXIV. From Sir John Clerk *'to K. Gale about the Extract of ms dissertation de Stylis Veterum, Earl OF Pembroke's Statues, A: some Bracelets of Gold FOUND IN Scotland." — H. C. Edenbr., Aug. the 6th, 1732. Dear Sir, I had the fav(»r of yours of the 20th of June, &, am much cibliged to you for the |ia|K*rs & prints you Mfnt me by the c:irrier, A: |)articularly for tlie abstract of my dis8i*rUaion'* do Stylis Vete- rum. I was ashamed you should have been putt to any trouble al>out that trifle, but I confesse since I was to have an inter]>reter| ^ Quit cladem illioi noctit, qnU fuocrm faodu Explioet ? aut poMit lacrjmM nqoare Uborea.^ I'iiy., JEn. ii. Jl61. ** Bead before Uie Rojal tiocietj, ▼. Philoa. Trana. N. 420.~B. Q. 26r» )ii8CELLAyi:orK (*oKRi>(po>rDKycB. I couW not pov»il)ly bftve falloii into Iteiter hmndu than your% kc. I am no lt*j»e obli^<»(l to you for the print* of my Uml Pfmbn>kc*n collciHion of statues ; tho outlin<»A are done well rnoufrh. but the whole colU»otion of anliijiiitys ili»^»rv<» Ix^tter treatment. I h.ive lately seen the collection t>r the Kin;: of Pni\Aia*!» antiquity^ in 3 voN. fol.y (lone in a K'ientifi<*k w:iy, which is \a«tly iin|»ro\in^ Si diverting:, but I do nf»t think they d«>M*rve m) well uld dcHre, for instance. •4*verall thin;;^ may occurr to m«* u|)od M>mc of theiM> statue*, which mi^ht lie tr.in^mitt«Nl to you ai% niemoraiidum«. I dare M%' the book would m*IL Al do Intnor to %-ourM.df leti« of «; old. and a large rin;;, found on the dra\nin;! of a lake, or {art «»f it There are no lt*tters or iDMrri|>ti<»n, 4 the make i% \er\ cluin«y. Each bracelet is in weight six or S4*\en guinnea«, Si their sha|ie of two pi(*C4*s of ;;old t%%'i«te«l. Tlie rin;* i% large Sl aUmt a guinnea in wei::ht. It Ni?n)«» our an(e»t4>r» ha\e had m«»n> gokl than »»il\er. Si in«leeil there an' m'v« ral |»lac«*s in »S*otland where th4*re has lMH*n much di^'gin;; tor ::«i|«l. I have had the rurii>«it\ to coh*id«T the nature ot' tin ni, A allways found them ju^t the ^a^)•• witli th«»M* tin- Km|M-ror h4« «>n IIm* U»rdern of Hungary, at two plarv-n, Nitria \ l*re%burg. llieM*, like ours, conM»t of a vein «»r Mratum of sami A gra%el, which, lieing brought U|> soinr fathom* from U-hiw ground A wa*hur |«-t>|.|f wlio;:aflHT it now, (*annot for thnr he.irt« ni.ike al«*%r twi> |«-nit* ad.i\, wh«*reav ill lurni* r time*, pani«*l« « oi ^^iild t«» t)t« \j|ii« «.t two fientv wcDt a gn*at «a\ in lil«-, |fr .daiul !.'»<' \rar« a,.i* Kiit* cuuld U'ttrr li%e «in a |i«*nn\ a d.iy than now on «i\|i«tM«'. I »}.u!l be glad to iM*ar fn*m >ou at \our o>n%rni«*n«'«*, A am e%ir, >ir. Your moi^t faitlilull hunibtr sen ant, J. < LCM. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 267 LXV. R. Gale ** to the Rev. Dr. Stukeley, at Stamford, IN Lincolnshire. Free, L. Smelt." — H. F. St. J. London, Decemb. the 2nd, 1732. Dear Doctor, It is long since I had the pleasure of hearing of your good health, I think never since the disappointment I received of your good company at Cottenham. I hope the gout is not gott into your hand. I was last Tuesday night with old Carvilius,*^ as hearty & well as ever you knew hi in. He was alone, & I spent the evening till ten very agreeably with him. He showed me all his medalls engraved in 5 large vols, q*"- upon 300 plates, a most surprising sight for number A: value. I hope he will pub- lish tbem for the honor of himself & the nation, for I am sure there are not tbree such collections in Europe. He has much impaired the beauty of the plates by scribbling his observations among the medalls, & having them engraved just as he wrote them in his own hand, spelling, &, expression, which are not allway> very plain, true, & clear. However, the work is so curious, «S^ valuable, that we ought to pardon all these defects if we can but have the medalls publisht, for they, I believe, from what I have observed, are pretty truly taken, & were all drawn by Si^rnor Havm's"* own hand. Tlie crrcatest difficulty as to their publication is that 100 of the plates are irretrievably lost ; when that ^rentleman dytni most of them were in his hands ; the widow had sold or pawned great part of them since, Keverall have lieen traced to the brasier's furnace ; but by good fortune my lonl has recovered two in tire impressions of the whole, & I left him under a resolution of having the 100 plates wanting to be rein^^ravt'd from their draughts in his hands. His lordship has made an addition of four plates more to his book of Statues, iV a new title page; he has given tlu*m to me to be conveyed to you, which I shall take care to do by the first op|)ortanity ; &. have promist for vou, that you hhall not onelv add the four new I • • • statues to your book, but that you shall di*stroy the old tttle-|mge, ^ tix that which he now sends you in its place ; otherwise you must have returned vour book to London. *' Lord Pembroke.— R. Q. *• Sec page 134. 268 MISCELLANCOrs rOKKKSPONUOSCE. My siVtor joyns with ine in be^t tfi*r\'icoft to your lidy k mi She ho|>eii you will brin;^ both to town aftt-r Xmasse. Prmy let your sorvunt deliver tlie two inrloxHl as din*cted, from, d«sr Doctor, Your nio>t faithftill fririid &. humble aerviDt, K. Gaul LX VI. Extract of a Lettck kkom Sih J. Clehk tu It. Gale, CONTAININU A TUAKAlTEK UK THE EaRL OF PCIIBROKB, Bp. Burnetts Himury of ms Life and TiMEii, kc, — H. C. Edenb., 10 Feb., 173i-3. I waA nii;;lity Mirry to lii*ar that our pxnl old friend the Earl of Peinbroki* \%a» anion;; tin* nuinUr ot our dead acquaio- tanc4'>. We have lo!«t hm* all (»nr ^<*ry old iHiipIt* k i*ome weak rhildmi, but no Unly «'Im* in thr lul«* ;;i*niTaII diMeni|ier.'* Tba earl was crrtainly u harnile>'»c, uortliy man, \ had been a gri*at proniotiT of v«*rtuc \ Irarnin;;. I wisth hi^ »uciv»»or may prove DO worM*, A; that he w<}uld take ran.* «>f the many valuable things which niv lord, hi» t'atlKT, h*ft U*liind him. Prav be mi kind a» to let mv know what yoii «-\|iin't ot* him. I have n«it the h«»nor to know him, but wa*« int«>rniit| uhen in I^ithl«>n that lie had an cxitfllent U%nW in unhitit-tun-. I return vou a thou^md thanks tur ti|iini mueh matter tor iMir enl« rtaiitiiM itt. A li:i\c iiijii\ tinu-^ Hi^hi^l tliai me mi;:ht do mere of ihi^ kintl f«>i ihi- eiittrt linnietit ot our |i ** An rpilrmiral r<'l<1 llai •|>*ia I a'l tivrr Kurw|< ai Iksl iiate — >a U. An inllurrit* i-rttailnt »lii«-ti ft « tm ^i^^l . m* ikat U tttrvn J«fi««r7 13f4 •ad JiNh. I7.U. nvmt'y I *^>i |« r» it* tlirl is U«f two letter* to Mr llok Caj. •• tkc ColMMi MiUiarM.-IL U. W. STUKELEY AND OTHEKS. 269 terity than commonly we do. It were likewise much to be wisbed that some militarv men in our days had as great a reguard to the Eternal & Allmighty Being as tbev bad. But I am afriiid an army of Protestants might travel through the whole world with- out leading one monument behind them, whether or not they had been Christians. I much rejoice to hear that Bishop Burnett's second vol. is shortly to be printccl. I proiK>se great entertaiiinieiit from it, as being in sonic things a newer kind of romance than I can meet with elsewhere. Pardon me if I think my worthy countrj'man had a great dasii of the (lid woman in his MinijH>siriun; he had likewise something of T. Gordon's pride, & our friend Sandy Gordon's weakiicsse & want of judgouifut. There 19 an essay printing here demonstrating that our highland language in the true Celtiok, & that many Greek ii Latin words are ilerived from it. Tlio discoverys, I own, are |>retty curious, but the author cnrrys the point a little too fiirr, by pre- tending that the ci-ltick is mure ancient than the Hebrew. When it comes out I will )>e sure to send it to you : some things yoa will think too farr driven. A: other things admirable for their correspondence with our jin-sent Celtiik. I am, dear Sir, yours, J. Clerk. LXVII. ExPRBtMESTS VPOS THE DESCENT OF HeaVT BoDTS AS1» FnlCTIOS, BY Sill. .1. IIOR^ELEY. — H, (', Mor|ieth, 12 June, 1731. I have lie:itd a;:ain from oM Penrith,-' A now find that all agre«- tlie donbtfull li-tter to \h' a G, but it is onely single, ii nut the least cvidi-iiiedf any more letters iN-twocn it iV (he following D. I hiiiletl to von iu my laM that s«inH-thiiig had wci-urreil to mc with res[M'ct teritnents, A tberefnre am oblijii-d to give you a short account of an cxjNTinient or two made Mime years a;:ii, tV will) no |>ar- ticular view to thu nature of friction. " V. fnttt* under Cvmberland. ilo Mt:^*p.ujiseors cooresposdekcc My (ieni^ \v:\% tn confirm Si illu<«trate the several proponition* relating to tho di^^Tnt of heavy iMMlyt. In order lo thU I ron- trivtil i iiHO*! a niniph* in^^truinent, the »hape whereof in repn*- nentefl in thi* fullowin^ fi^jure, A the proportion of th«* !»e%*enill partH expre^l l»y th«' ntiniU'rH annext. TliiH ex|iennient is p«T- furmiHl hv l«*ttin;; two «Miuall ivorv hall^ l>eirin tlieir motion in a gr(M)ve, <|o\\n th«* two liy|N>thenU'«i*H, or any pro|NirtioiiaMe parts of thrin, in the ^irne moment; for tbiit l»ein:; donr, tliev r«*arh %( rap M^iin^^t tlic «>lj>tarlr (inarkerixi>nt.il plan«-, ^«> a« to hrin;* them up to thr ol»%r u !«•. \«t in tbi« raM* th<* motion in JNith lislN ci*a««'\fn(io (-i*rif<*< tum.^ I <.rilerf*ttofii of tb«* firat plane in the a|«ce W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 271 of three vibrations, the second in 6, & the 3d in nine, so that the ratio of the times of descent was as the lengths of the planes, & so served the purpose I then proposed, & intended. At the same time it is evident that if there had been no friction, the ball should have descended in each in two-thirds of the time nien- tioneefull li^rht might be derived from hence, to shew the pro]>ortion A: nature of friction in all such cases as these, but mv time &. circumstances will not at present allow me to pursue the encpiirv. I am, yours, &c., J. HOKSELET. LXVIir. 1^ Gale '-to Kev. Dr. Stukeley."— H. F. St. J. Lond., May 11th, 1733. Dear Doctor, YesttTclav Mr. Collins deliverctl me vour answer to Dr. Wallis's lettiT, whii-h I should have deliviTetl to Dr. Mortimer that afternoon had not the So<*iety been adjourned till after the holydays. At the first nieetin;:: 1 shall pri?sent it, but much (jiicstion if it will obtain a reading or not, fearing your n'fleetions upon the doctor's usaj:«* of you may be thought too stvtTe. As Dr. Wallis has not desired his letters to be registeriHl, 1 lielieve it will not U* judgeterday a |H*ti(ion from New En^^land, which was a hmmI scandaloUH IjIn'II :i;;:iin«t (lu* kin;; & privy (*ounciL It was n*j«H'teerat4*. I wonder how you can j^ett time, in %n mui-h tumult k noifie, to write 30 sheets upon any »nhit*<*t. I tlo a<«-iiri* yon it i^ now near ten at nif^hl, A it ia as much an I have lH*«>n aiil«* to «|f) to rrad ov<*r tlie Ode you luire r(iminrnt(*, *lr:ir n«>«iiir, Viinr mo*t faithfull humhie M*rvant, RQalb. LXIX. R G\i.E **To THE Rev. Dr. Sti'kelet, at Stah- rORP IN LlN<^)I.N>HlRE."— H. F. St. J. liond., No%h. tin* 1 7th, 1733. Di-ar J^ir, I wa* in ^riMt hi •!■«*« i»l ha%-ing your ^'ood (Mni|any at Ctif- tenham. A thm t«» Lontluii. Mv i»t:iv in the c*ountn*v h»« but • • • 7 t|a\«. A lli«>««* ihtir«'l\ *)4*nt ut h«»mi*. We oitrht .i rarp in inv oHu )»iinil, Ititli* iiir«-ii<*r i» tint uhiih \imi «ln*M tin* i'fti;:ic« of from Ih. Kni:;lii'«. iti « /«*, hut intinit* 1% fiu|«*n«»r in ^«MMltH<«iie. Owr piy«-ty, that «»« tn li.i%i* lM*f*n at thi« tim**, i« va«tlv o%rr- rl«Midt^l with th«* Piiti(-«* tit' Oran;:«**« illm*««4*," Hhi«h prt*\entrJ * Tb«- I'nncr itf ttrati|-r •rrtvr-«ft«'«,c4 f»lacr in the Frr*ck 1 bat« . ^t Jaiitr* • Wart i. Ilili T .1 Tlir ll-uae uf l'i>»ai*4i« f«i|nl AKU.UU) vuif/ fr.-iB tLt •* c i( Uii'U •! M i'krtai'-|4irfX M A »Ama^ l«irtMa for W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 273 the wedding, now deferred sine die. He has an intermitting feavor which, by the use of the bark, is much abated ; but he is so exceeding weak, that should he recover, it will not be thought proper to celebrate his nuptialls till after Christmasse. I hear, however, there has been mighty doings at Stanford, Lord E[xeter'8] friends having distinguished themselves much last Monday night by orange cockades, bonfires, & all other marks of loyalty, & sincere affection to the royall family. I wish the person that brought this news was not mistaken as to the party that gave these demonstrations of joy. I hope you will be time enough to partake of them here, & that nothing will crosse your January journey to this town. I would have delivered your letter last night myself to my Lord Chancellor, but when I went he was hearing causes, so left it for him. He will have but a short time to dispose of benefices, since it is certain he will give up the seals at the end of this term, if not sooner. That he would do it is the wish of all his friends, since an entire recesse from busynessc will be the onely means to prolong his days ; you cannot conceive how much both his inward & outward man are exhausted since you saw him. I am glad to hear you hold your ground, & hope you will gain more. All our best services attend your good lady & family, of which I congratulate the increase, though you never acquainted me with it being of the feminine gender, as I suppose. I am, dear Doctor, Tour most faithfull humble ser>'ant, R. Gale. Sir H. Sloan is one of the physicians that attends the prince. He told me this evening that he had had a pretty good night the last, & no feavor for above 30 hours. LXX. Dr. Stukklev " to the Rev. Mr. Ambrose Pimlow, AT Great Ditcham, Norfolk." — H. F. St. J. London, Mar. 9, 1733-4. doing somewhat for our master . . • son, whom I never saw, nor hoard of, nor received your letter, ms you might well 8 274 MISCBLLaKEOUS C^OItRBSfOirDBSCt. jud^^e by my last I canU Uke it kindly tbmt you thtu oondcoiD me, before tm*d. Thin in the zeal of a bi^h churchmafit which runn throu^rh your whole letUT. PENSIONS & PLACES, wrote in capitiU to render it more formidable, ahowa what poll* tical papen you read. I only desire to know on what aido ihm Roman (*atliolicfl pu?«h their interest in Norfolk? Answer, OQ the hi>!h church n'uU*. We need not Mek whither you are driT- in^. Where muH ttie (^hurch of England find Mifety A proieo* tion but in a protestant prince, who i% the head &. guardian of the church, &, haft shown by a<*tions and words that he will be aow My friend, what nn* {wnsifms k places, but wages? Doe yoa serve your livingH the wors4> because you receive the tytbea 4 ofTerings ? And now I mention living, who got you that of Lord LovePs, but vour humble servant ? Did not I sollicite Mr. hwim k Sir Jo. Newton, k get done all your instruments for you ? I have a right then to ask your vot«, as well as your patron. Doo*t add to the number of those clergymen whose ingratitude to tbeir patrons has done infinitely more mischief to religion thaa Tind[all]' or Coll[in]s.' Don*t prefer the empty notion of pttrty, the imaginary whimsys of |iension k place to the substantial doty of gratitude. I insist on it that you oblige your fiatron, k hope you will excufkO tlie fn*edom I have used here from tbe bi|tb obligation I think every clergyman lye% under to br on tbe »idt of the government, as|M*cially wlien his (latron in on tbe same aide* * Matthew TiDa« Sefi^m. ao«J l0wmd^ MMm§. Mmm vol. e.. KM * Antbunj i'ollin*, t«»m ic:«i. «1ie«l ITA lie vmCt ' iUttmrm €4 fras- thinkinr. nrra»h>fl»e>d bj the n*^ ami fn*vtb of a am rallod free-lbinbiaf,* 1713. «hicb «a» antvrmi bv I>r llenflej . alfc> -A l>iioo«ff«e of the Ora«B4s and KcaMoa uf tbe i hnstian IUIi«n**A." I72f Hm buuba aiv »afe 4Mli»* faubc^l fcir lofrnaitj and trrbairal •kiU la twtmmiug^ tbaa fuc pffuf«»4aj el Iboaf bt or fairaoaa of argnaeat — JImSm. p. Ii4. s»d I^warfw* JtaMwy. eoL L, fw 4f 7. W. STUKELEY AND OTHEKS. 275 I think better things of you than that you are fixt in such reso- lutions as your letter seems to indicate. I goe for Stamford Mundaj sennight, where I shall be glad to see you, & am. Tour affectionate brother, WiL Stukelet. [The above letter has this endorsement : — " Rev. Dr. Stukely's Answer to my Letter about our Election,' Mar. 9, 1733."] LXXI Beaupre Bell, Junior, to Rev. Dr. Stukelet. — H. F. St. J. 1733-4. Dear Sir, ▲n acquaintance of mine, publishing an History of Norfolk,^ intends to inrich my copy with what prints, &c, I can any ways proctre relating to it ; if you have any odd prints on that county, shall be very thankful for them, as the seal of Lynn, head of Sir H. Spelman, &c., which I have indeed already in your Itin. Curiosum, but cannot think of making one book imperfect to inprove another. The enclosed Titus, though much defaced, may not be unao- Cf)table from Your most obliged humble servant, B. Bell, Jun.^ LIXn. R Gale '^to Rev. Dr. Stukelet, at Stanford, in Lincolnshire.'* — H. F. St. J. London, Aug. the 3l8t, 1734. Dar Sir, Your recommendations of Mr. Gill for a footw^alk shall cetiiinly have their due weight when I can serve him, & ha%'e pU him down in my book for that purpose. ' Thif> WM the election to the foarth 8e|itenDial ParliameDt, which ocirred in 1734. The fimt meeting wm Jan. 14th. 1734-5, when Arthor Oilow, Esq.. TreAinrer of the Navj, wm elected Speaker. Blomefield** Hiitory of Norfolk. Vide Diery, p. 88 n. 276 MISCELLAKEOrs CORRESPONDKyCR. I urn glad you liave had »o much f<^ company to alleriale your two fitt* of th«» jiout, &. that I he oyl* still retain their efficacy & nrputiition ; ("apt. Hall had an attack <>f'it aliout t> week^ a;^, hut con dav^ hv th«*ir a«»«i«>tanrt\ k, ia now well, in Bcrkj^hin*. I wi»*h I)r. KopT-** a** jiood »ucceM€ with the widdow, k a^ain^t lionl K[\<'tiT]. I have nothing to entiTtain %'«>ii with in the wav of litomturo. omdv Sir J. Clerk • • • has rccommend<'«l one Mr. Black well ti> my an^^iAtanc** in pub* lijihing a mof»t lcarn«*jv ii{Hiti HumtT^t hi» writ- inj^s oi*ca!iion«*«i hy a <|uc<*tion putt to him hy I^tnl I%la, why no other [MM*t, Mnci* hin tim**, \ia^ hi-eii alih* t«i r«}iiall him in the epic manner? It i«» a nio*»t ent**rtaiiiin;; pii'tv, \ x^xh** he^t account of the j^iMiiiiH uf thuM> early time^, A the nature nf the |w>em, that I believe wa^ ever e()m|M»'MMi. The author i^ a pn>fe%v>r in the University of A)H*rth*«*n. iV h«ip**<« to Im* tIi>li%«Ti*rtiiii:it«* with u«, ever ■ince he left (*ott«*nliurii, ti» ^'i* m^ at hi« new lh»UM*. A« a l^reat itKiuceuii*nt to it hi- ha<> promiM^I to %hiiw Mr. K[ogf*r] great plenty of game, \ h«' are, likt* the kin;: of Franre, to take the field with a gn*ai pri»vi<*iMn of gun«, A ii«*t«. A «c%erall li.itallion* of dog infantry, hut I mu<«t U* at home a::ain in 8 di\« at the farthest, thoU:;h I U^lii-xi- tin* c.impii^ii wtll In* lunllv orer an noim with the rf^t of th«* ariin . Mr-*. I*aiik» I\e« in of a miu, in Sl JamcA*f» Squart-. >lif M-iit \<-«ti-nl.i\ to df^ire nn* tti *taml proxy, aa a pnlfathiT, tor a gi-nileman in th«- (^ouiitn'V that c«iuM not attend the (•-n-iiiofiv : iii\ J«Miriii-\ f«l p.irtu ul.irU . •{! .ir >ir. Yi'iir iiitendom, ior, adds In*, I am certain to bi» a prince before my death. To which the queen replies, I ho|)e I shall hear from vou when 3*ou are s<»ttlcd in vour kingdom. Stukelev : I will write to vou. Queen Eli/abet h : In what lauixuaire? Stukelev: In the stile of princes — To our d«'ar si>t<»r. At whii-h the queen snn'Ifd. For a more full a(*count of this man 1 refrr you to Foulis's History of Popish Treason, pa«:e 387. The other is Sir Thomas Stnk<'ly, who lived at Milan in the beginning of King Charles I. his reign, who was [)ensioner to the King of Spain. See .James AVadsworth, his English-Spanish Pilgrim. If you cannot meet with Foulis, I shall, if you desire it, give you a further account of the former of these men, even to his death, for he was killed in Africa. I have been, from the 8 of December, ill of the gout, & though I am now mending, yet I am a cripple. The Oleum Arthriticum * FloridA WM diacoTered in 1512. 278 UI^M*KLLAKE«H-S OORRESPuyDKKCE. an Mr. Il();;t*rA callft it, I have hoard of, but never tr>'ed it. Yea- tenlay, a €*ler;;yiiian wax hero, who told me he had read a diancr* tatioii of yours u|m)ii oil olive curing the f^out &, rheumalinm. Tlio lattor he had Ikm^h trouhlevl with in the knee, k [ler^ued yoor din*<*tionH, whi(*h drove it into his shoulder, he followed it tliitber &. brought it to itN former place, wbenc^e, by a frcnh attack, be diHloin this new invention. All the comfort I have here from my physician is, |>atienc(*, sir, k flannrl. Small • comfort, God knnw% in such an acute k tedious distem|)er. I hear M>in«*timr> from Holb«*ach, k I hrar it i^ a declining town. Thank (tod I have left it, k set my fcvt u|H>n a rock. I was, lM*fore I left Holland, up to the neck in quagmire*, k I should, lN*fore now, havt* In^en over head. The duty of mr vioarag«*, es|K.*cially as I read prayer every day, & prrarbed twice, wa5 ttxi grrat ; but I struggled with that burden 18 years. I mav now nvkon mvself akin to a 'milr!» emeritus* f»r the town findn mi* a curate, who is oblig(*d to do all duties except preach- ing in the foreniMHi, k wc have a foundation for a lecturer in the afternoon. But I gri»w tired k uneasy, so |ianlon this hasty scribble ; accept of my wife's S4*rvice k new yearV (i>iiipliments, isith those of, Ilevd. Sir, Your very aflec. brother A s«*r\ant, Oco. Aamt. Pray give our services to Mr. Hepburn k his family. LXXIV. I>K. STrKELEY ** TO Savvcl Ualr, Esq., at the iVsTim HorsE, IxjMON." — H. F. St. J. Stamford, lt> Feb., 1734-5. Dear Sir, I had the favur of yours. 1 was always of the opinion ibal r«*«jir {laMdi the Tliamaii at ( onwsy Stake«,* 4 made manr * Tb* pisre At which the RoaiMit ffnt»td the ThaaM* «ss at«d \*r • tr»- diUtiti which ciiaCrvl in the liar of ll«4c wbtft the ttAk**. sahI t« haw hsMI thus* vhica d«lrna«4 ihc nt«ff, wsissiiL at a ^aes aow callsd iewty Makas. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 279 observations & designs there about it. If the stake be a trae relicky ^tis a great curiosity, & that must be found by answering this one question, whether the stakes are found standing upright, or in an horizontal position ; if the latter, they are only of your antediluvian trees found frequently under the banks of all great rivers. You would not come in time to see the ruins of our nunnery, now one arch of St. Martin's. A tenant of Lord Exeter's is pulh'ng up all the old foundations, & utterly defacing the appearance of it I am, Your most obliged humble servant, Wm. Stukeley. An old parishioner of mine says he has known the nunner}' this four score years, & that nobody has ever throve upon it. One much younger observes that Richards, of St. Martin's, who keeps the George there, once the Abbot of Crowland's house, dug up the Roman road to mend vulgar highways with, & the next year he broke. LXXV. R. Gale "to the Rev. Dr. Stukeley, at Stamford, IN Lincolnshire. Free, Wm. Ffucks." — H. F. St. J. London, Sept 16, 1735. Dear Doctor, If the account I sent you of the Roman table '^ gave you any entertainment, it was what I desired. I very well remember the dissertation you wrote upon that found in Derbyshire, & should have desired a copy of it but that I think it is too long to give you the trouble of transcribing it ; the parallel you make between the two carrys a great face of probability, as it dos that this might formerly have been St. Wilfrid's. I wish Roger does not give you too much of his company, though there's no place where I think he would s])end his time near CherUcj, in Sarrej. 8c« ** The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon.** by T. Wright, p. 14. Mr. Wright was of opinion that the ttakea. caaed with lead, there found, had nothing to do with Cesar*t paMMge of the river, and were a Roman, and not a British, work. — Vide, alto, papers bj 8. Gale, printed in ^fvAtfvisf Mi^Tol. i„ 203, and Hon. Daines BarringUm, AreJut^Ufi^, toI. ii.. 141. ** See f0§tea, under NorthiimberlaiMl. 280 MlSl*£LLANKOrs i'OKIlE.s|*UNliENCr^ bettor. I hojH* from what you tell me of hi* ;jn*al application to atutly, that hi» will make a greater profifionoy in the AcaJeniia Tertia Anglia» than h«* iliJ in our Alma Matre at Cunibrd;*e. I iiupiM>so hy your wanting; to know wIhmi I am to l>c at <*ottenhamy that I am lianlly toi>\|NTt lii<» n>mp:iny till I oimc thithiT, which I intrntl aUait tho 2<>tli of Oct^ihrr. Om- ^tr<»n;! jnTsiUr^iic fur my (li^|M*n»in;; with liin ali.M'iuv, A, iMin<««'ntin;; t4» hi^ tnmhling you no louf^, i!<« th«* improvriiifnt!i that lu* may nuke t'nui your oonv(T<»atii»n, i^ that h«* will pn*vail with you to ar« nmpaiy him thithcT, if he ««ta\N so htwr with vou. Mr. SatuucI Ims Utfi often fonnnl to foiit it this sumniiT to IlainpHtrad, %V i;* very inipilient till h\^ new nai; corn*-^ to town. lit* U*;;h it niav U* MMit awair by tho fir^t ^^afe o»n\(*v. A' in tht* ineaniinit' i*« \erv il«*ftir«U4 of being intorm«*nni|;ht. I wa!% fir*»t M*i/«-«l with a volent (Iiarrh:iM, which held nie 4 day?»« A: (niuM not bt* »topt til my friend I>r. CocklMMirn adniini*»t«Tf flux in 24 liour^* tinu* ; but then I «%•< attackt with a ^troii;,' flavor, ol' which I havr vi-tt \\x ar nc\i% gi>tt ridil. thi*» Immm;: the Hr<«t day of my getting dov%n Mair. You may tell HogiT. a*« M»me indn(*oment to hi« ituning to tow., that iMtth hi<» tVi«*niU, tin* TillMin'fi, arri\tN| hen* la»t SuhiIa* night, from Irrlanil. Th* v tn at I>i»" lin. All f>ur MT^iet'H attrntl \our ladv, M-lf, ^ Liiiidv. I at. mo*t iMirticularly, dear dm-tor. Your mfH«t I'aithfull tnonti A humble M*r\ ant, Tlir .'{pl lit tlti*» iiioiitit HrM\%n Wdii^ ni.irr\«d hi« nt^u Uz «'erv e«»n«id«ralii«' tortiihi' iti I«aitt-a^hin'. Thoni. tl«'arii. Ii\ a f**N|ii d X*» hi'« will, onleri'*! lii« (*an*a«««>o be inlern-tl in tht* <-hiiri-li\ard ••! >. I'l-trr** in the Ka«t. at 0\f'i»J. A tlM* ftdlowmg epiuph ti> In* eutt on a i»toiR* A la\d o\rr hit. [The epitaph d«H*« not ap|M*ttr in the letter]. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 281 LXXVI. Roger Gale to Rev. Dr. Stukeley.— H. F. St. J. Londoo, Novemb. the 13tb, 1735* Dear Doctor, After my thanks returned to you for making my late sojourning at Cheltenliam so a^^reeaWe, p^ive nio leave to acquaint you with a most unexpected, undeserved catastrophe in my affairs. I went to the excise office on Thursdav morning;, the djiy after my arrival, & the same a*»ain on Fryday, when soon after I had been there Mr. Vernon whis|)ered me that he heard I was left out of the new commission occasioned bv the death of Mr. Monta;;u, which was soon ag.iin confirmed tt) me by another of my brethren, who iniirht, if he had pleased, crjven ine earlyer notice. You will easily guesse what a surprise this was to me, who had no reason to be apprehensive of sucli liard usage with- out anv cause Jissi^'ned, & executed in such a rude shocking manner, after a most faithl'ull 6i dili^'cnt diseharge of my duty for 20 years, had I been continutnl till the 24th of this month. It is no small pleasure to me that neither 1, nor any of my friends, can find out any cause fur this treat nu>nt of me, & my enemvs hav<» none thev »lan» own. It wouM seem no little vanitv in me to tell vou how it has bc»en re>enten lav «'venin;x f<»r alwive 2 hours *'rom one of the greatest m *n in the nation, who told m* tlint h, their eniis- sarys being everywhere at work to spn'ad it aUnii that I have resigned to have a better place in a little time, iV others that I had acipiiret very numrroun family, without being guilty fit* anything inili;;num Ka|fifnto lionoi^m*, &. Htill lie able to entertain a friend nienHu brevi, niente quieti, it that you will »till rec*kon him anum;: vuur^, who in so most faithful! v, ii Your most humble servant, R Galb. Nave ferar ma;:nii an parvd, ferar unus et idem, [//c^-* Epi^t. I. 2, Ep. 2, 20<».] LXXVII. HisHoi* or I/ONDos to Dr. Sti'kelet. — H, P. St. J. Jan. 6, 1736-6. [Extract]. It i^ not to lie wondereil that the remarkable zeal vou have aliewn fur one %ulv «lii>uld brin;; u|Min \(iu the indipiatiun of the other: but it would Ih* \er\ hard, if vour »ufl'erin<*» in the con- inoQ eauM* should not find a suitable regard from that side for which vou sufler. 1 am. Sir, Your ai^^ured friend A brother, t. LOSCDOX.'* ** IMm«b<1 Oitvm. hnm m% HrmapCnn. WcMMortUfid. IMf : dMd at BaU, I74S Ko. Ed. de G.— R. O. ■* Camden, in Pnefat. ad Britan.— R. G. ^ Vido Viuun ConsUntii Paneirjrico Eomeuii Rbet. pnefijuun.— R. O. 284 MiscELLAyeous corresfosdckcr. Monmouth. Tlio Roinnn history is enlirrly silent about this timo for 17 yemr^ mn to tho afTaini of Britain, which shows that all thinf^ in this i>lan(i wrre then (]uiot, ur ni*j!h*ctpil« by the Romans, k is thr same thin;; to my argument. NVithrr can it be imagintnl that Auri*ii:in unulil iiave srnt a y«)nth of twenty- one yearn ofa;.'!* t<> h i\r p:irif\ii<»tantiii*« uu% then ivt f>ld«T, ^ Aureliao a wiM*r man. He mther mviiih at th it tini«* to ha\(* Us^n in th«' army of Prohu-, th«»n ont' i»t' Aiirrli:in*H ^rneralU, A aftirw.mU i»m|ifror biniM^lt*: V«i|»iK'ii* iA|»n**-lv n-lutin;; that ihr rin|»eror!i Caius, DitK*h*tiaiin!<, (*on<»taritiii«, A miImt j^ri*at nirn« l«*arnt the art c»f war umlor him. Ittit it dn^ not a|>|N'ar th.it IVohii^ vwT wa^ in Britain ; i>n tin* rotitrary, all th«* Mviir^i of hi^ actinn^i lye in othrr parts of tiie \\**vU\ ; A it i<» tniirh m<»re proliahlr that C<»nMantius« at that a;^e, \\a<« ti;:lilin;; iiiidrr Wis f*«»tnmani|, than oiininamlin^ an army A parit'viti;: tri»nblf<> in a n*lM>llii*u<» |*ru\in(ts JL that his comini: into Hritain u.i?« not U*fi>ri' tin* vcar T-^m^ a \i'ar afUT lit* hud lieen adn)»ttil l»y Maximian A drcl:ire«l t/a'^r, 4 his son Con^tintim* 'Jo mmp^ nid. Thr Htron;rr«t |)nh>r alli*il;!tnl liy tho^e ish«» ta\or tbe opinion of Constant i 111 l>« in;; Uirn in Britain is a pa^^ap* in a (ane^Mrir apoken by a nov% unknown ontor lN*f«>n* Ma.\imian A (*onstantine, when* sjieakin;: f>f' lit« t.itli«*r < *otiMantiu«, he ii)niphio«Mit» the son as IoUowa : LilM-r.i\ it illi* Hr:taniii:in mtx itiili, tii i-fiain n«>l*ilo« illan 4>ri>i«(/u frri^ti : %«lii'i*- )•% flit- wunl nri* tiiln lh«*v wdl lia\e his l>irlli t«i In- iiitiiuati d. To «'«irri»lNiratt- ili!<« ri>ii«trii< ti 'U (lu*\ «tra:n titi* niranin^ of anothiT MiitriMi* of a p.iiii-^*\ r:i d h^tffil by Kiiin«*niii«« liefufe (*on«tantiM .d 'in*, .il lt:«r*. .i. ihii M^K O lortunaUi i*l nunc onind>ii« tirri*» U*at'i»r Hntmnia *|U.i* i*i»n«t«nlinutn prima l*aiairi-m \irti«ti. \\ hu li th«\ udl nll«» ha\e t«> rtdutr to his birth. thou;:h xlu- plain A 3p| an-tit m-um* of tin* u«ird« |«i'nt out diret'tlv hi« U'liiL' tir*t •>i«t n a^ i'a'«ar thin-: for h«)w ran Britain be »aul to M*t* him < '.i-'-ar s« •^■■•n a^ hr isa« b«»m ? thi the roi»- trar}*, it will be* prti\«ti that hr mm« not divlarr^l Cassar till after hia father's last arrival id Briuin, whieh waa nut long before hia aeeth. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 285 Constantius Chlorus, as we have said, was first sent into Britain in the year 292, & was then obliged to leave his son Constantine in the hands of Galerius Maxiinianus, as an hostage for his fide- lity. Maximianus was so jealous of this young prince, from his early virtues, that he exposed him, not onely to all the dangers in warr that he could devise, but even to combats with wyld beasts, in hopes of destroying him. Constantino's courage would not suffer him to decline any of these snares layd for him by the tyrant; he undertook all that was put upon him like another Hercules, & acquitted himself in every one of them with the greatest bravery & suocesse ; & amongst other exploits killed a furious lion that was lett looso to devour him. This glorious action seems to be represented on a medal of his in my posses- sion, struck after he was emperor ; on the reverse of which is Hercules fighting that monster, with an inscription denoting the emperor's never-failing valour : VIRTVS PERPETVA AVG. So much merit made Maximianus detain him in his court at Nicomedia,'* without the honors of (/iusar. & little better than a prisoner, though often importuned by Constintius to give him his liberty. He could by no means obtain this favor till Con- stantine himself effected it bv a strata<::em, & havinedition, arrived time enough to see his father not long before he left the world, on the kalends of Au^just, A. dni 306. Some authors sav their meetincr was at Gersoriacum or Bou- logne, at the very instant the old em|)en)r was setting sail for Britain to repell an invasion of the Piets i ^>rotts, but Eusi'bius says it was in his last moments at York.*' It is most liki*ly to have hap|)eneil at the former, because Eumenius, who s|>oke his panegyric but four years after this meeting, before Constantin, & was living at the time of it in Gaul, tlms addressetl himself to him : Jam tunc ciclestibus suffragiis ad salutem Reipublics voca- *• Vide Balazii Annot. in LscUnt., pp. 56. 57, 58, et Coperi. p. Idl.^R. O. " Zosimus allso nay* that ConstATitine came to hU father before be djed. ur a« be was djiug, k tb«t the Army tben conferred tbe dignitj of OeMr upon bim. lib. ii. Ad patrem-in Britanniam penreniat. Ice Auc, llrf.-^R. O. iS^ MIMCKLIJlKROrN tXlRKRMn>N*t»CNrE. bariii, ad toinpun ipAiiin fpio Ptkier in Kritanriiaiii IranKfreUbat Clm^iAi jam vcIa f'aciVnti r(*|>oiiUnuA tuii^ .itUentii*^ illuxit, Ac A^ I Miid lio(ore« lit* wa^ rather a |>ri^»iior than a Cx%ar in ike court of MaximianiiA, &. \i\% fatkrr, whom hr found under sail at Houln;*no, h»d not time to conf«rr that di;;nity u|Min him. Where, th(*n, ran we sii{»|M>«e him to have l»e«*n fir»t honored with that tilh* hut u|M)ri hi^ landing; with hin fath«*r in Hritain, who in hill cxcetiMi of joy for the unex|M*ote«i n-covery of ao hope- full a Mm, oould think nf> honore too ;;n*at for him? It ift not im|>n»l»al)lt* that they IivimI top*tht*r mhuv month* in Rritain, k were iMith in th«* e\|K*dition a^ain^t the PietA &. ScoOa. Tlie ;;oId medal in Mezzaharhi of (*onktastinvs cjuiar, with a Victory on the r«'verv« h(»ldin^ a laurel in h«*r ri;:ht. &. a pal in ht-r left hand ; A tho!M» of copper %vith con>taktikvm scib round the heail. A: makti rROfvoSATURi u|N»n the r«*ver«e, no douht alludin;: to hi^ van«|ui!«)iiii;: \ ilrAiii:: M* cop|ier pieci*^ Mvm tnia\ thou;:h foreipi nntiquaryi have read them Pen-U!«'«a l^upluni, ff»r want «if a ImMIit ac«]URiii- Unre with our countrey, hut the letti'r* I think he^it juntifve mr conje«'tun». TIh* moi«l plau^ihle authority for < *«iniitantine*» lM*ing created (a*aar l>efon* tliift hi* c<»min;; into Dritam, i« fn»m Aureliua VicU»r, in hi* Epit(»me, whrre he ndatt-* iinhN^ii tliat — i*iin%tantitia Conftt.mtini |>ater. atipir Armentariu% («%h<» i'* the »anie an Gale* riu« Maximianuji). Au^Mi ap|M*llantur, erratic t a^^-irihua, Severo |N*r It.ili.iiii Ma\imin(H|u«- (talerii •^•rori* lilio |«>r ohentem ; i*iii|friii|U«- tt'iii|M*rr < 'iin^taiitinn* (*.i-«ar f*H< itur : h hirh trana* actMMi Ha« oil iIh* kul* rid« **f M.iy, 34>r». Ttii% !att« r part ot the Miir\. lntHr\» r. i« i-a^iN ri tMt«N|. vwn lt< m Aun'iu* Vut'ir htm* M'lt, tor in hi* lli«t«»ria dr < '.i*^ inhu* In* t* !'« u* that — I)i«4-h-tiano et Maxiinianii »n(*t*«'«l« ntd*u^ t*«m«taniio ft Armentjrii*. Seiema Ma\iiuinu««|U«' lIUriiNirutn iiiili;;riia'« (A'^an-* drMinantur quod Udrrare in-^iuii'Iia (*oh»latiliiiu» tii^a> c-otiiiiu nto in HrilaODiaa |«nrenit. C.*an anything U* plainer, even Irum thia author*a own worda, thu that ConaUatine waa not appoiolad GhNW at tiM W. bTUKELET AND OTHERS. 287 same time as Severus & Maximinus ? It* lie bad been so, what occasion was there for so much resentment as he exprest at his disappointment? All this is most amply confirmed by that excellent little treatise, De Mortibos Persecutorum, supposed to be wrote by Lactantius, wherein we have the most accurate account of those times extant It plainly appears there by what management this Galerius Maximianus Armentarius induced the two old emperors, Dioclesianus & Valerius Maximianus, to abdi- cate the purple, & at the same time promoted Severus & Maxi- minus Daza to be Caesars, contrary to the expectation, & with the greatest surprise of the army, Repulso Constantino, as are the expresse words of that author, cotemporary to the fact ;'* who allso tells us that one argument used by Armentarius to Dioclesianus, for his resignation of the empire, was — Debcre ipsius dispositionem in perpetuum conservari, ut duo sint in Republic^ majores qui summam rerum tenerant ; item duo minores qui sint adjumento ; but had Constantine been created Caesar at the same time with Severus & Maximinus, there would have* been tres minores instead of duo, directly contrary to the argument of this Armentarius, & the then establisht constitution of government I think this may suflBce to confute Aurelius Victor's contra- diction of himself in affirming that Constantino was created Caesar at the same time with Severus & Maximinus ; & to prove that he never had that title till a few months before his fathcr^s death, & that first in Britain ; & consequently the words in Eumcnius*s panegyric — Quae Constantinum prima Caesarem vidisti — to be so farr from explaining the word oriendo in the other oration to import his being born in that island, that they plainly prove it must relate to his being declared Caesar there. To this 1 may add, from the said little Treatise, that after Constantino had been declared Augustus, or emperor, by his father in Britain, & his image, as usual upon such occasions, presented a few days after to Maximianus Armentarius as his colleague in the empire, that the latter — excogitavit ut Severum, qui erat maturior a^tate Angus- turn nuncuparet, Constantinum vero non Imperatorem sicut erat factus, sed Caesarem cum Maximino ; ut eum de secundo loco deji* ceret in quartnm ; so that it is highly probable that Constantine M Zodmot all«o Mjs Um auM thiBf , Ub. it— R. O. 288 MIM*KLLANBOirh COHREKPoKUKMCK. wan never vet U^-n able to |N*rf»rm them. You will, however, nt:eivi» with thi^ Mtnu* frw ra^t!» r\*litin:; to vour design, Fiibriciii^*<»''* |)i^H4*rt.iti«*ti i»ri the X thiit i^ «.iitl to have appeanii to t un^t.intinc. tV the TraM^lation of Silitinou'^ Sin^;. Them* iMMik^ an* ti«it m\ oun, mi ilt*>iri* thev niav U* rrturnt^i within Hvo «»r ^ix u(H*k«. hut uill «h«»rll\ mmhI the %ii!iiiii«* tif Ileame vou mmtioncvi, uhich v<»ii niiv kt*ei» a« l«'ti.' :i% \f»ti think prii|ier, thou;;li tlitn* i^ ni*t m> much m it (-unnTiiing Pvthaf^>ra»*» mIiU a*« I thoiii'jit then* wa^ IVa\ ni.ikr mr be»t M*r\i(t*» acceptabh* to Mr^ Stukflev, & U*lievt' nii* Your nioikt oMi^*i| huuihh* MTvanr, n. UtLL, Jl.\R. LXXX. It. Oalc '"TO Till; IU:\. Or. STiKELrv. at hi** Bot>»:, IN Stamiori)." — H. F. •'NT. J. !««»n !4in. •fum* 21th, IT.'tA. l^eur lKnt«»r, If ainthiii;; e«iuM lia\«- iiiaije ;i l«*np'r rr^iiii ni't* at i '• tti*n* ham a;;ri*oaMi , it ^^noM h ivi* Im^-ii tin* ri')H*titiiiti «>t \«>itr ;:tkM| roni|iati\, th«*ii;;h I c*«>ulii ih«l pr«*««4* tini«-h t>>r it oiii«i*li-riii;; the unra^v time m\ frii luU h:v\ \\wrr ; nothin;: but th«* majof\ bu*t ** Jiiliftn*i« \'.*«rt K%'>r)t .u*. K 'fn aI liCtfMtr. ltrf> . t|i«'«l at ll*fDbyrf« I73il*t ll<' «»• |*r- '••»•■' • f •'■■|uir.r. «( ||««liur^. antf p<|l-;i»hc«| ' |l.(%i>KS«-ra LaIiha." "Bib!! 4 .««« (ir«rA." l4«->** 4i>> in vbicb la ibe «tiMrf1«ti-i« tifi the " ** Bibliacra|ilua Aau^Mma . " he. W. iiTUKELEY AND OTHERS. 289 being able to withstand the spicula of those armed legions that nightly infested us from the Fens. mali culices, ranaeqae palastres Abrumpunt aomnum ^Hor. Sat, i. 5, 14, ISj. Thousands we destroyed, & millions of these obstreperous Oirvii returned to the charge as oft as the sun sett, so that at last we were forced to quitt the countrej, & gett to town last night, to our great solace. Your Brazen-nose Society' is so new a design, to me at least that I never heard of it before the mention of it in your last ; the end of its institution I should be glad to hear, when it*s formed. Horse races will never attract me to wait upon my friends. I want no other motive than to enjoy their compmy ; but whether I can travell northward this summer, I am not yett able to dctermin. I went from Cottenham to Lord TownsendV, & staid a full week with him. If ever 1 spent a week as I could wish, it was that The beauty k delightful situation of the place, the friendly wellcome, the perfect liberty, the most admirable example in life, A: improving conversation I enjoyed there, is inexpressible ; A: happy shall 1 be if I can but follow my pattern, though God knows it never can be passibus axjuis. 1 believe Mr. B. Bell, by ll[oger'8] letter I received from him, is now at Suunford. Not knowing how to direct to him, I have taken the freedome of enclosing this, 6i begg the favor of you to convey it to him. I am, with all services, dear Doctor, Your most faithful] hiunble tM;r>'aut, R. Gale. LXXXI. U. Gale ''to the Rev. Dr. Stukeley, at Stam- Foui», IN LiNcoLNsuiuE. Fbee, L. Smelt." — H. F. St. J. London, Sept 16, 1736. Dear Doctor, I cannot approach Stamford so near as Cottenham without giving you notice; & the rather because you have given me home hu|>e> of seeing you there at my first return to that place, ' Foj:ie A: eharity to viMt an old friend in hi.n vilitiide, I ilatt4T mvfM*lf that I ^h:ill have iIm* pleasure of your eompnnv in my ^hort retirement, ^^hirh will noC In) of alwvo 3 wc<'k** duration at the inn^t. Aa M>nie amuM*nient I deiiire you would hrin^ with you the nketrh of the Koman iia^'c* ment' found thin Mimmer, near < hmcUe, whicli I hear vou hare drawn, as you do everything, mmt nieely. I thank vou for vt>ur kind invitation^ ti» fix mv MafTat Stan- • • • ford, & for offering me n jMMt in \our Itraxen-miM Srary memlicr, whieb i» ail I ran pretend in ; fi»r thnu::h tin* I'tijnytiii'nt tif ynur cfmviT- Mtion, k tbou;;h «m>Kw mi»liu« nitent [llor.^ Cann. lih. iv., .S.] at Stanford in a »m:ill il«'^ri*«* tlian at SiTutun. yrtt w-henevi*r I hid adieu to thift metro|M»lit :i'vi. If viu fa\or me with a lim* by the return of tlie iMi*t, I ^hall Vw^w if vou f*an e«mtrilMitr t«» mv I • • happyneft^ in the oiuntrey, U'lore I h»avi» the town; a if my wi^hf^ are an«wrrt<inLi:. ' — li. F. St. J. I««ind.. iKnvmli. 14, lT3«i. Dear Duct4»r, • •••••• I told vou in mv U^t letter th.ftt there wm* X ur 3 « • ' iLiilprf (fair's sirtrr Khf J»*«-ti.. af!i r««r U apv-nfMl « ifr ••( |>r *»fuktir« ' A r<-liiurr«l ilrawii.p: ••( tl.i* |i>A»t uh nt wl.i* ii m^ (••wiiil at t'«4U'rM>iik. !• i^ivcA in cmc uf Muki lev • vwluai«-a **i •kctcbc*. in tl«« pi«ai«»iua sA \hm kcv. u. r. M. Joim W. STUKELEY AND OTHEUS. 21)1 passages in Mr. Blackwell's Essa}' upon Homer which seemed to be sneers upon Prophecy and Inspiration, which I advised him to strike out, & that he parted with them so easily that I did not think him very sanguine in the supjwrt of them. I also then told you that I have not the least acquaintance with the Bishop of Lichfield. I am sorry he has not done you justice, but that, at present, is hard to be obtained, except those that are to do it can find some advantage to themselves in it. It is the fate of many a great family to have their bones ejected e domo sua asternali, to make room for those of some scoundrel tliat chances, a;::es after, to drop into possession of their seats & estate. Don't vou remember we saw the founder's tomb in the C'athedral of Hereford demulisht, «$: his bones scattered u]X)n the pavement, to make room for the carcase of a fine modern hidy, k that the |)ost, xhv same niirht, brought the news her husband was iolluwing her ? If you write again l)cfore we meet, I>ray ht nic know what familv lav in Cotterstock* Church, i arc now dis|)ossest of their sepulchres. PcqwtuuH rcrum luiUi daiur usuti, vl Hcercs — lIcLTCilciu altcriuit. vclut unda MUpcrvctiit undaui. [//i»r. £jf. ii,. 2.. 17"*., I7G.] I am, dear Doctor, Your most iaithfull friend & humble servant, R. Gale. LXXXIII. R Gale to the Revd. Dk. Stukeley.— H. F. 8t. J. London, April the 9tli. 1737. Dear D«K*tor, 1 M*nt til eniiuire of vou at Mr. Si>son's tlie dav vou left vour lo(l;;in;rs, but too late to find vou. I am irlacl the <:out was so niereifull to you, iV that you had mi go^Hi a journey home, where I hojie you founntaIK as it will lie some days colder here than others, or may l>e, lio more than in fancv, for I nuist t4>ll V(»u that I have often thou^rht vou arc one ' This churcli (Cotu-nuick). haji the |«culiantT of a cbmnoel floor at a lower lcTi-1 thaii that of the nave. The uatural aoil fall* eastward. i^2 |llaCKLLANKoi'> roKkeMMNOKSiC of iiiudi the haino kif tiic plaii*A in M) ^mall, iV that \vr had a<« c«>lil weatluT hi*ri* by the in- fiurnoi* n i^ aft farr a^in tu tlio north, hut do a^.Hure [y«)uj I ne\or found the tem|M*r of tlH* air liy Ion;; e\|KTien«-e to In* mi inhuman an you imafpn. I ha\e |)a-vM*oaM*, hcan», 4 a|ij»le<« art* rijN* a fiirtni;:iit later in Y<»rkMhire than in Middloc'X, I think it a matti-r of no ^^reat ;;rio%Mner \ihcre I can call a huiall ^|Mit of ;:rouri«l my own« A: ran li\e «|uictly. a;;reeably,& inde|K'nd«-nt u|Min it. The hint time I wan at Cottenham« I wa^ fto pla^uoii with till* mali euIii-i-!% raiKE<|Uc |ialuMn*% it, the wono inhaliitant<«, %«ith whom I touiid I mutt live in a »tati* of pcr- |H*tual Harr, that I thfU det«'rmin«-d to fthake oflT the duiit, or rather mire, «if my ffi-t u|miii thmi ms <* th'iu^lit tli.it ntitiiin;: <*i»ulil U* more iloiralde than a few yrar^ to U* «»jMiit in ri'tit> im iit Ufon* ur ^t% oft" th«* Ma;yi% tV l*ro\jdrnrf h.i« ;:i\i II me my wi«h by «li<*mi%«in|; mv, I know ntit hiiu. from ni\ |itibl.rL i iiijiloym«'nl« e\er »ini|Miftiinu* lilac Nr ■enrarrntrm '|u-> »-r*, ardinafriuc viaav.i. Mum ri>i«A t'aiiitii-* 'liini |-riuia rt tvciJk •rAe«.lua |iuui •U14 r< ac 1^1* l.« ■! |U ■! iiir|iM*«i. rf |vlil«« mr r •' II. I :•. tu'l.i * rnr.-. I'l I aiiliri|iftiril). mtrm* !•• U % Utlcf rtAijB^'. ^htettgh wamm \ W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 293 thoughts u\yon this great cliange in life ; tlie difficultys in removing, the want, or rather the fear of my wanting eompany, when in my retirement, lon^ winter evenings, and twenty other Mop^oXvKkia have not a little disturbed me ; hut, above all, the breaking off a valuable acquaintanee that I have contracted with many a worthy man, and the debarring myself from tin? enjoy- ment of their friendship has touched me the closest of any of my perplex itys ; and I do most sincerely assure you that tlie prospect of having but little conversation with yourself, except now & then by a letter, hits been of the heaviest concern to me. I console myself, howev<;r, with tiie pl<;a.sure of luuiring now and then from vou &, them ; and that an accidentall visit sometimes from an old fricnil drop|)ing in at my cottage will give me an unex|>ected happynesse. One great misfortune attends me above the rest, which is your strong attraction to the Sun, while mv circumstances draw me to the Pole. Ilac in re scilicet una multum dissimiles. [//or. JUp. i., 10., 3.] 1 wish it could possibly l)e otherways, but see no rcme«ly, so nuist submit ; we can never have all thin^ifs to our mind, but wherever mv lot places me, I shall allways remcmljcr Doctor »Stnkelcy, and desire to Ui still esteemed bv him as a trut; friend And faithfull humble ser\'ant, IL Gale. As for giving away of my Yorkshire estate, wc have a pn)verb there, advising never to pull off our doublet before wo go to bed. LXXXI V. R Gale " to the Revp. Dr. Stikeley, at nis House, in Stanford, Lincoi^shire." — H. F. St. J, London, May 31st, 1737. Dear Doctor, Your last gave me great jiK'asure, since it plainly approved of my design to retire, though your frieiHlship endeavoured to ;jive lUf reasons to the contrar\*. We often argue according to our inclinations, and fancy wc an* in the* right, but irresistible truth will show itM*lf through all thr«iShicyrR. Tlio iMH|Uostriiij; myself in a ^rt-al iniTiMiro fnim many vnlii- al»l«* an|uaint;in4-i* i** whal •»ti«k'% tin- iliiM-*t li» nir. i^til I cNnnfiirt niVM'lf wiili tlif lii»|N*!« lit HMiu'iiuH'o M*«iii^ %V MHiMiinu** In-ar- in^ from Mnm* of tliiMii ; iV uln-n I want tliat pli*a^uri*, uhirli I fear will \h* oft4*n«*r than I <-iiuM \vi*«ii, I inu^l U* <-untt*iiC uilli fillini; up nivtimr with thi* i>4>n\t'r^ation I ran allwav^ itminiaiMl ani«>n^ my <»M frirndd in lratlii*r i-tnt* at homi*. «V mi< h ulltrr nmiiM»nii*nt*t ■'« tho <<«»nnlrev will attoii! ni«* ahnuil. Ni*itlirr ibi I il(*^|)air i>t <4^*iri;; I)|-. Slukrlry imicn* ninri' at S«*niti>n. though nuch an iMicniy to tho north ; "^iniv a tint* tVifiMUhip will make a man (liH|M*nrc witii t'arr ;;rt*ut«*r nii*«»ii\rni4*nri-*k A (lirticult\«» than A jf>nrn(*y to om* who ha.** tlu* Mnriir<%t ri';ni'*ril t^r him, at a ;!(Mm1 time ot' the year. I am ^lanr not h.n in;; putt anv thin;; of tli.it intun- intu tin- |iri-**«* la^t uintiT. t'iit\» wa^ a nauii* (*«inuiioii in tin* kin:;- nl Fr.iiN*r, lint in inv *«mall rt-adiii:; 1 n«*\«-r mi*tt with a ;;ihI)|i-«^- mi cmHoI : I«if!M\ 1 «ti)i|MiM*, :ri\t*^ y«in ;;r'«ua-t part nl \i»ur rra*ltT« that ihf ri'^>mhlant«i-^ nf many ;;rral )N*r^in* iiirnti«»iHil in till* Script un*^ an* pr^*M.Tvifl u|iuii hoaihrn oiiiii^, iiii»ii|»h a i:rrtd ikiinilitiiili' i^ kept ufwin tln'm from tlio oMcM tn tli«»«4* of lairr timr^. For, althiiti^h Mum--, Jo-.hiia, ari>i nthi-r illiiMrinu^ \vt* !i, \vt it i« hanl tti iMliri'i\o how anv tni«* n*^ inlilanri* <*ri M« n*iirv. III* ih oin^l fill' li» ;;rtt hi« Majr«l\*ft |i;irihiii, atitl tn piahii«li hi* io\n linimiM* at a rrwanl. fur a iIim^iiit^ i»f ihf \tlliiiiT ih*«i-iii-«l ajaiii«l hiiii, wliirh I |Mrt«iriiii^l ; hut ha%t* li«-ar«l hotliin;: In Mil him »in«-t* pnhhcMtion. I t-ah*l think llN*y liarr W. 8TUK£L£Y AND OTHERS. 295 murdered him, since we should have heard of it in the news- papers, had they ett'ected their purpose. If you know an>i;hing of this affair, I beg a little information. iSucli a horrid attempt must be a cruel misfortune to him, at his first coming into the world, as I may call it This day fortnight I propose going to Cottonham, stay there about ten days, and then bid adieu to it. I should rejoice to sec you once more tlierc, l)efore I take leave of the mali culices, ranoequc palustros, that I may have some pleasure in the day, thougii no rest at night, it am, dear Sir, Your most faithfull k obliged humble servant, R. Oale. All our best services attend your lady and family. LXXXV. R. Galk to Samuel Gale. — H. F. St. J. Scruton, OctoU 25, 1737. Dear Brother, It is a little strange to me that you have not yctt heard from Mr. Barnett. I sup|N>so the Cottnaiuites, never expecting to see me again, don't care whether they pay me any of their rent or not ; but have let them know by a letter last |>ost, that I know how to reach them, though at present I am so remote from their habitation. I am s<»rrv you have had no better success yett in letting the hous**, but by your assistance* hope to gett Mr. Tliornton for a tenant whvu he comes to town. The china crackers 1 (h'sire vou to kc«'p till I see vcai, unlesse von have some extrnonlinary <'aus<* c)l* joy, to diM-liar;;e them before. As for your custom-house rc»moves I do not well understand them. Sir n[ol)ert] B[aylis] seems, however, most plainly to Ih» turned out ; Mr. Trelawnev** A: Mr. Westlev to lie removed from their stations in Scotland to the Board at Ix)ndon, but who succetnls them in Scotland ? or who succeeds Mr. Trelawney when he goi*s to his Jamaica Government ? I thank you for your pn*panition of 4|uarters for me. I had hopes of l>eing callcHl to London the beginning of next mouth« • Vidf p. 233 fi. iW} MlS('CLLAl|^Ors CX}Ull£Hl*aNDCNCE. I>ut a IrttiT la^t |MMt from Mr. (latwanl U'\U nio my affairH are ptiHliin;; fon^'unl witii :ill tin* i*\|NM|itiiiii |Mi">%ili|f. Imt rM* (ie|H*iicl'% uikmi a MimtiHiii^ from him, whioh I ran oIm*v at a (lav or twoV warn in ': wiM-ncver I nhall n*ohini*M we havi* an A|»|H'II«*<(, at rariho, whom ho miu-li rr^'mWr«* in tin* iihvz, A ^vh hi<* fatluT travrlhij ofton into NorthtiinlN*rlari(l« mi that h«* (il.ii«tin^r who t^in^"! liki" a ni::litin;;ah*, i^ a ri»m)ilfat ma<«trr nt' all dancing, Frrnc-h minnit>, S|iani*«h ••araliand^, Kn:;!i^h« <*«iiintri*y A (*«»nii(\ A: i« iho di*Ii::lit ot all th<* iiiaiiU. Mv hImit iz'iw^ lirr M*n ii*<* to v«mi. t MV4 voii fkhall ha VI* a linr fnim h«*r after a whih*. Imt whotlicr it i<> to )m« a liin:: whtli* or a «»lii«rt while I ranih*t iiilMnn voti. 5Ir«. Ili'Vt'lv M'tt out ti»r lyitidon l.i^t Stniilav iniirnini*. Mv M*r\irc • ■ to .-ill till* whi^kiTH ttwT till* %«av. A ri»ii''r:iiii):iti«>n« ti» Mr. Ni*al U|H)n hi^ rfAMtKi. ti\i.K. II. r. St. .1. N<>\lir. Cith. 17.17. Dear BrotlM*r, I thank von tur the notii*o of Mr. Ikirn-tV n*luni«. k 4l«-«irt* \ou U* kit'ii the u**U*^ A nion<'V hv vnu till vuii lirar ' • • • • faniM*r friiiu ni«*. I wi^ti I oiuM intonn y*u i*f mv M*tcinfv fur- wani for Iii>nd«in. Th«* fnu* wratlK*r w«* ha\«* hatl for Uiiii Uj4 fi»rini^lit nukoa mi* wi«li that it had Iup|4-IM^I Icfon* now, ImI 1 W. STUK£L£V AND 0TH£IIS. 297 must wait a summons, wliich I impatiently expect from Mr. Gatward, before I take my journey. I am much obliged to my triends that don't forgett me, & rejoice to find Sir Rob. BayHs is not out of your Commission. My best 8er\'ices to him, Sir Rob, Corbet, Mr. Fairfax, and all that ask after me. I must congratulate you upon your conquest, since not only a good sum me of money seems to have depended upon it, but even your place itself was in danger had you been bafled in your cause ; but, as ilr. Neal says, what shall we say unto these things ? for an officer not only not to l>e supported in the faith- full discharge of his duty, but to be threatened, & even to run the hazard of loosing his emploiment, for going through it with honor & integrity, is a thing scarcely heard of till these days ; but true it is, as I have found by experience — one of my chief crimes being my not consenting to the landing of 11,000 gallons of rum against law. There are other arts of more efficacy to carry a man through the world than fidelity & appli&ition in executing the trusts comiin'tted to him. I hope, however, you will not meet with the same returns as I did ; but should the like reward attend y(»u, I wish you the s;imo ease and quiet of mind that I enjoy, wliich I do assure you I was much a stranger to for inanv vears before mv late retirement ; & should vour enemys give you no longer occasion to reside at London, iV Hampstee, by that time, to have fine grai)es to entertain you with at Scruton. We continue all well here, only my sister has been plagued with the tooth ach, & a swelled face all the last week. We are glad to hear Mr. Neal has gott over his fitt of the gout, &, wish him soon to reeover his strength again. Sir Hugh Smitlison & Mr. C*rc)vv made us a visit last night about 5, sup|MHl, & spent the evening till after 1 1 ; then went k lay at the SaluUition ; wo could not prevail with them to take bek for an answer to it. I am, clear B[rother], Your most atiix-tionate brother 6i bumble servant, U. Gaul 298 MISCCLLAKCOCS CORRESPOyDENCB. liXXXVII. Dr. Sti-kelky's Epitaph for his Wife's Tome, AM» Mattaihk's Ciuticisms anp EiiEsnATioNH or it. — H. F. St. J. H. S, E. F*r:inciran\ «*til|Kindi :in?»;iin uw dan* nw arri|M*ri*. Vale* tiiuit S*pt. 1, 17:(7, xtati^ nuiv 4<). Filia!i nrlitpiit iu \tvi%, Fr.iiuiM-ani, Annum, Mariam. I{«m* niarmor lti-ti<»<«inia* ciin- ju;;ift nirnioria; Kionini mfM*rt'n« V, mantti^. Oranp* Street, Oi-t. 27, 1737, Hi*twiH-n HlfMimOiury and IUhI Li^m S(|tumi. Itevenl. and I>ear Sir, I am lH*aniI\ M>rr%' tiir vnur l«>«^ of a tH*rM»n wIhmic . • • I virlui* «V Hnrtli I ^a<» :iri|ti.iint«^l uitli Utn*z 'm tore \ou. ViMir in^*riptii>n i« ^iu'li :ih \**n ili-^in*, plain, 4*a">y, \ ^mal I«attn. lIowr%riliu^ i-xtN-ltiil ; nr, inr«irru|»ti« inf»ribtt« onia\it. Op|H>rtuniua ntuduit ; or, m iu|H-r tip|inrtun«> ntuduit. Stir|io et in«I«ile ; or, ill «t>r|4*, it a ind<»lt% fi»r the ^irjm ^fntrth»a i« ain-ady nientii»ni^i. HumiliUn cum digntuie cfnijuiietj ; c»r, (fur hmnililMii W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 299 though a Christian virtue, yet in ancient Latin is no commenda- tion,) summa ened to lose a good place : I happened to los4« a g«MHl wile. The use I make of it, is not to burj" mynelf alive, bui to study how I may l»c»st im|>rove this dis|}ons:ition of Providence for His i;lorv iV mv «»wn comfort. I have ino«t ' Of No(U»n Priorj. Liiicohishire. now tlic |>ro|iiTtj of the MarqucMi of Ki|ion. 300 MISCELLAHROrs (^RRRSrOHDKXCK. matiin^ly coiiAitlon'd the affair, k pur|K>so tn enter inUi an alliaiK*!* with you : to ki'oii a houM*, a maid, and a man, v>mc httli* (iistaiK'e fr(»m t«>n*ii, at Tiitfiiham (.Vom, or IIam|wteil, or i\u* liko : wht*rt* you arc to n*|KiMr when }'ou aally out of ruino|Hjli(i, whiUt I make um> of your urban |>aIa£zo in return. Thiii I |)ro|M>so Ut your (H>n!(id(*nition, &, dcnire your anawer. I am not yrt 50, Si think \in t«K> iMMin to ri'tirt* into a black boz« but niav imibablv have 20 v«*nrs vrt to come ; but mv reMilution iii fixt, iV uImuU L:i(ly-4iay I ho|»e for the plranuro of waiting on you. \W have mtil rnouiih to niakt* thr lM*»t of life, and not • wilfully m* the laxt pleasure of waitin;; on him nortb- wanlii a*i f.ir a^ Newark. &, never can think of p>ing further. I am auia/4'«i at hi<« jud;;ment, ^ extremely narry for it. I luivc tr\<^l \Mtli ^reat earne^tnt'^s to |H*rMiade him a;:ainnt it, the Rev. Dr. Stckeley, at Mb. S|>sok's, at the 1X)IIKER OF BEAUVtiRT nClUUNGS, UC THE Stka.sd liOSDos."— II. F. St. J. Seniton, May 5tby 1738. IVar I>octor, I hav<* lieon Ion;; imlebted to you for your fa % or nf April 1 1th, uhirh 1 do a««un» y«Mi, th«>u;:h |KTha|Mi \ou may not believe it, ha« \M*vn iN*ra*ioneil by nmch bu «yne««M* ^ com|>any in tbia M»Iiiud«>, but netxiuary k ap-i-eabh-. Y\in^ yciuPH^If then* till vnur villa at Tutenham ta fiiicni fi»r your retvption. I : ui •* happy in my by|ierburean retirenii lit, whieh |:ivi*^ me new d«li;;lit% v\rr\ ^lay, & a cuoletilp * A» the line iloM aoC aoan. U Mi m* u^ !«• •Iifracol tr%^m iLe, Ode^ bk L, VII., ta i aad llf . JAk T. 70i. W. STUKELCY AKD OTHERS. 301 ment & oase of mind that I have been long a stranger to. I must own that I cannot help sometimes wishing for yours, & the conversation of another friend or two, but in the main I find I have more company, & lesse time to myself, than I desire. You certainly have had as much experience of the city & the countrey life as most, & consequently are as good a judge of both ; & though you seem weary of, & determined to abandon, the latter, yett you plainly give the preference to it, by taking up your residence there, though within the smoke of the town : & I do assure you it was allwa}'8 my wish, as I have often told you, to have a little leisure time upon my hands, & a few hours that I might call my own, before I went off the stage, & where I can spend them better than in an agreeable house & gardens where I am intirely master, & in a pleasant, healthy countrey, which, had your lot cast you into it, you would not have thought a Siberia. I am sorry that I must say we are Hfic in re vcilicct una Maltum diiisiinilcs, et oetera |tcne gcmeUi. — [Har., Ep, i., 10. 3]. As for what you say of my talents & acquirements being lost to the world, I take it all for compliment ; I have no ambition digito monstrari et dicier hie est \^Per9. Sat. i.], «Sc if my friends will now &, then add a little bv a letter, to what I am informed of from the presse, it will be as much in the scienttfick way as I shall desire, & render the way of life I am in easy k chearfull ; for I eak of a wisht for longaevity. Vivo et rcpio. n\m\x\ iMtA reliqui, QuK Ton ad aelum effcrtiii rumore Hocundo.— 7/ar., £p. i^ lo. *j, Mrs. CVecd & her two daughters have given us their agree- able company hero these ten days, 6i I ho|)e we shall have it as many more. She has been called into those part^ by the Don DiegoV last will k testament of a sisUt, who has constituted her Executor & Administratrix of mon* goods and chattels than she was worth by half, iV made her two daughters residuarv legatees of the rest, bv which thrv arc onlv like to fjott a Torkshine journey, & a great deal of fruitlesse labor for their pains. At tnv (ii'Mre tlirv rallitl at voiir Iioum*. an tlirv went tlin>ui!ii Staiiitnnl, (or the twti >ilvrr, it* vou rirrvinl iUvui with vou, to iii*li%'iT ihciii to mv hrothor, who, I lM'hc\i*, uill in a ^ht»rt tinir ha\oaii ii|i|Mirtuiiity of M^'ihliti;; thoni to mo ; iV: h« lu'Vi* nu>, wherever I 11111, ilcar DiH'tor, Your ini»?»t faitlilull iVicud iV humble M*rvaiit, U. Haul Whoii('V«T vou f4%or me with .1 hue, dinvt it tc 8cnitufi, n«*ar Iliil.ile, Yi»rk-hirr. ' Whrii th«* IrtCcr arri\«'«l« Hr. Stukelov hati h'fl lor Lincuhi- •hirr, iV. it wan rr-tlin-etiM! to him at •Stamloni.] X<'. FlU»M I>i:. SriKKI.KV CONc KUMN*; Till*. sKrovn PARTOI* HIS l*Ai..i:«)(;i:Ai'iirA Sa«ua, %V tiik kam«mn TAiiri.\ I>i\r\, iMi. Mi:.\ii'> riKiK OK rAiMiNt. h;mm ihk Skihuj iiui» i»k NanoM,"* iV A PIKrK OK MoSAh KUoM Arijl*STt-*> iUriu OS THK rAl-ATIN HlLI^— H. C Stan I fori L 'MMi Julv, li.M. Ui*arr*t Sir, I want ti» Mt* \iiU 4it .ill (htn;:'«; I li.i\«' Hr4»tt- thi« -umnuT a (li^-tMir^* on the M\^l«*rii-'« of tli«- An(*iiiit«, \ ^ouhl winin:'Iv iMMununii'atr it ti* \«iu Ulnri- I |ir:Mt it n« \l uinter, a« nnmU'r II. {** ni\ l'.i!.r«i;;r;i)ihi.i S.k ra. M\ fr:i n 1 \Varf»urttin lia« »lii*Hn u^ \ irjiT^ ih-M-t-nt into lli-ll a« .m inin.itit>n inti> iht* in\ «li*ric«. I «'arr\ it niu* h l.irtli«T than hi> lia^ lii'Mr, A ^\u*\\ that tli«' taniou^ T-il l«i« i« a m.i;:tntiri>Mt |iiftnri* iii«rM»r. u h't h I exiJain lar^'i'K.A I !>• Ill \i t«i tilt <«.iti-t.i«-ii 11 •>! t* • It.iiiitil. I !.iL«* iht* Tahh* A I uit It into |tin"i*, A *ht«u ii i«. !■ .m .K;^\|':i4n ti-Hi|iir »|iri'*l in 1*1 iiiii : that it i« tlu* ni\«ii<.il !*• tti|ili- HJiin'in tU-y initMti'^l nil«* iIm* ni\«tirii'«: (hat it i* .1 T«'iii|>li* in innt:iliMn itl' SilMmon**, A ni.i'h- niu« h in iIn* %inii- |>rM|Hirthtnft, i«in«iMin;; «if a iMin h. ;i <«anr*iuni, A a ^ain-tnni vimtitrtnii. I ili««-«*uni«* of lln.* J}. > f..- .r «k \» M •: I- 'I'.'l I . t'.i >• I . . I ' • !• N.»»--i>t. I ut .!• tK«- \|i rite 1^ i:.* -i;ii W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 303 Dii Cabin, Samothracian rites, &c, ; & show in a new metliocl their origin & meaning, & that they are the very first seeds of idolatry, as my predecessor, Bishop Cumberland,*® suggests, & the first deviation from the most ancient, true, patriarchal religion. I shall engrave the table afresh, in pieces according to the model, so that whoever pleases may paste them so as to made a Temple ; I give a plate likewise of the Temple intire. Mr. Watts accommodates me with his plate in Humphreys's trans- lation of Montfaucon. I have allso made a magnificent drawing in perspective of that Temple, but it is rather too bigg for engrav- Poor Mattaire is now at Belvoir with the duke, I think the Critic is in a declining state of health. I visited MeaduSj ho lias gott a piece of painting from the Sepolchro de Nasoni near Romo — he fancys it a club of Augustus, Mecaenas, Agrippa, Horace, Virgil, & a parcel of the like good company ; ho has allso gott a piece of mosaic, made of bitts of marble from Augustus's palaco on the Palatine Hill. 1 found the man as usual, beset with a parcell of sycophants, puti';>, 6i what not ? but your stroet I could not boar to passe. Vale, vir amicisdime, et amatui amantissimum. Wm, Stukeley. XCI. K. Gale '*to Mk. Samcel Gale, at Mr. Pyke's,'* ik Bedfoud Kow, London." — U. F. St. J. Soruton, Augst. 1st, 173^. Di»ar Brother, The account I received from yuu a;jrees wrll with mine, of which I could not be exactly certain, because of sonic* minute particulars I had desinnl you to exiiend for me. I return you my thanks for the trouble you have taken u|Hin yuu, us alls4i for that in receiving my 2S.S. annuity ' This war was not dvclarcd until OctoU'f 23. 17S*J. 3<»4 MlhCELLASCurh i'tiUUI>|*OSUENCE. MiU«-r i«utlfr mi (imii Ik: »u outrm^^ioiulj iiiMiltiNi liy till* clotiH, tV ^utYvr tlieiii to wiiar warr u|)on tin, while wr l;iin4*ly niltivati* a M*arulalf>u?» |M*acv with thcni. If tho nowt of thin tell^ ti.H trutli, wi* Iia\f riti IfsH than M men of warr in C(»mmiM«ion, a fnn*e sufficient to Mow Jack S|)aniard, ^ tome of hJH n«>i;:hliorM t/Mi, out of tho iirtMn, if our niininucloroA Jo not nail with thi'ir hand a tyfil, iV ^un^ niu/i^hii. I hojM* they ^o with larp*r o«»nimiMionA thor Charlo* gallop* lanrmt Ij\t' Inii^. Ho will li^%*e hin family in a \rry had iMinilition I foar, L'in:; not to be {irvvaihil niMin to niako a uill hv all that I, «V nthrr fri<*niN, ran nav to him, iV we liMvo ;:n'al ro.i*>-iti t«i think him mui-h indoht.^ unwil- liniT lii^ rirfUiMManit*^ ^houlfj In* ri-vrali-d. U-foro ho h-ave* tho ui»rlil. I ht-ar \u^ li\in;;(if |Saniin;:h:iiii. whi<'h in worth 3iiU/. p ann. i** allrr;uly (li^|HiMil of tn onr Mr. NimI, riTtor of i'nifl, altoiit In iiiih*'^ fn»ni thi« |ikit'r, \%hi«*h i<« rinl unlik«*ly« lioin;; hu«- hund |t> om* lit tip- iliMh (it Ihirhafii*<« dauijhti-r^. All oIm* lH*rv an- uril, *V v«iur liuml*h' MT\aiii i*. di:ii l-nitlur, Vnur Mio^t at!«-4*tionate hiothi-r, K. a%ill.. Xi'Il. U. \MiKi. fi\i.r, AT Miu PykcV, in nf:i>>uni» lluw, LiiMMiN." — II. F. >t. J. SiTutim, Aup»t. i:Uh. 173M. I)i'ar rir»t!lnT. ]\\ tlii« linii* I «u{i|iii^* \iiu h.i%«* p.ii I m\ hill nf llfn/., ^ ^» I ro k«*n tliiTi' nil! iIh-u Im du<* !•• im- tVioii vou £1.1 4%. nI., a ff«i <«iiilliii.'« |mt1m|<« undtT or ti\iT, A liv thi% |Mr»t I ha%r tlrawn 4 I'll tijHiii ytt, |ii\.ililt- «i\ •!.!%« :iti4 r date, to Mr. Mrti-lMT Gdr*. fnr XVi .'^^ i^l. ]\\ Oi*' >{iiiii«h •!• 'tiaiiiU in ihi^ ili\'<« now">|ia|4*ri»y I hImiuIiI tliiiiK ••ur !>«'•(*• •I( J** ••n «<» «^^ iiiiiiiin:jl\ a« «*ur »lm'k« M^ i.i i.> j«>r(«ttd : ti>r •iitil\ \\*- •lull n>ii fivjll Admiral Hailduw A.« iiii'\ r«^|tiiri*, till Ml ha\« iimrr «uti«l4t*tii»n ^\«ii iii» ihaa ibr W. STUKELEY AKD OTHERS. 303 entring into a treaty with the dons, but I will not say what we shall submit to, rather than go to blows. How shall [we] be ridiculed by all the world, if we lay up 107 uien of war without firing a <;un, for that is the number now in commission ? Par- turiunt montes must be the motto of the soverei«:ns of the seas. Your story of the petition is very comical ; I wish it might work a reformation in the person it was delivered to, instead of bring- ing a punishment u|)on the supplicant. I have made a present to Trin. Coll. Cant, of my manuscripts, which I thought was as iiood a way as any to preserve them fmm dis|>ersion or the oven ; oor bn»tlier (*harles is in. He is vftt alive, «V' by his strength may continue s<»me tlays, but is still v, A knf^% nolnMlv fur thr G lu^t (i:tv!% i»t Iti^ lit«>, Iml MiMtii**ttH";r* H«* woulil iirik<* no will, whirh me «u»* |N>ct wan i*4*n t*\{>rMi tlie funeral! M*rvic'<* ; the rr«t of ih*' attf*n4ian<*f will ci»n^i«t of relation^ A tin* liouH*lHiMen» iif the parish. Kvervthiu:: i'« a;;r«Nil u|Nin for putliti;; out hit voun;^er M»n. Hi>;;fr/ cN-rk to :iri attnuniey, A: lit* will p> to hi« uiaMcr in a %ie(k« **r tt*n the lixin;; at .Srut«*n, but iHit Mtt, lor Mime jjimnI naM)n%. XlMV. U. <;\I.K ''T^* SaMI M. tiALK, Kl ::i\i \i>u an ai*«-onnt %»f » l..» t. f . ' *s ru* • • iri; \' 1' '\ ' . .'. i.»f!»fj-... .r, !•'••:. AM IT"; r. f t.t at *■ fi* I . ■ I-' I"' * I t>r Ir' • •*»it:tilir • f Mr 1- rii«« ?*»■*•- ■ f V^tnU >hr il.««1 la * N. ftlt- * a' V r' I a* •" f i • « !!• n arr.i I .l^rir tlAur^'er Sf^ •«•> t.r rrM • f !•• 'lar'! « • iijti r- ■ t : • •au-* t>>« ;. * biNk uf I t.ar rm. Auro-^tlxl t.i tiir litiiiir ••! >4rut**ii lie mm» «if Tnaity Collc^. CaaiUitlgr . and mftrnril Klianof. daa. of Mr.Oro. OavW.of W. STUKELEY AXD OTHERS. 307 brotlier Cliarles's death ; I think it long since I heard from you, having not received any from you after that time. Roger is gone to his master, the attourney, but nil things else in the family are in statu quo, neither can I give you any farther account of their circumstances. I have been full of company this fortnight. Sir John Clerk it another baronet, from Scotland, staid with me 3 days. Then came Brown Willis & one of his daughters, who are still with us. Last Fryday was a sennight I had a letter from Lord Colerain, that he would be with me from Harrygate the Thursday or Fryday following, but he knockt us up the Sun- day before at 6 in the morning, t ;:lorioii?% 4V Hati>t'a(*tor\ f\|N^lilii»ii into tho iiiirth, liv aililiiii! va*>tlv to lii^ (*i»||«TtionH tif i>:iriN'liial ^int% &. tradroini'ir^ hairiK.'niiyH. I thoii;rht it lnii^ •»iii(-«* I liail hi-anl from voii, A. find one of voiir^ nni«»t have miTarr\«l, h.ivin;: had no ajlviri' of voiir haviiw pav S *hillifi;:N to Mr. (Jilrn, till vnnr?* of thr .'^th of tbin month, thon;;h vmi siv in tliat, von hi)|H>4l I hail n'«-i*!v«M| voiirs with n«itii-«* th.it \oii ha*! naid th«-ni. I thank vmi fi»r \our care alniut thr hn|i«.. A h«i|N* thry will Im* linit* <*n«*n::h to hn*w K>inr •'(hhI < )i-tiilMT. A ^honld h«* murli rt-ioirid if \oii mnlii t.iM it hen* iii'Nt ^uiiiintr. Armrdin:^ to mv aicunnt vnu ha\r n«iu «»f min«« in \*>ui liifiiN hnt o.'W. ()Ji«. njd.. A )•« rh.ip* I iii.i\ U' iiiiM:iLt*n in that, hut ;>«« th«' I^inijiin a*^nran('i' ilnidcnd \%i!l ^H»n Ik* |ai«l \on, thi-n- uill in a littli- timr In* inori- in iM«h tur m«*. ViiU ^«'ii.| \\H ;:!iiriMii«« \it\\% from S|ii:ti. A •« liirif n-a'Miii b» I hi\i* t<» \\ i^h \^tll III th«' 'jrrAt ni:in that i« tn r* a|* m» miicli lion*ir ti<»rii tiiio tri-atv, I ^liall !•<- f\Yr*Miid\ n i<'i< i-tt t^* find lie hrinj-* It !«• .1 hi|>|i\ ri>tir|ii^i>in : Inir .1- tin tiiiii« art* k«*|t| «ii ^'«*ii'i. A "n' !\ I I "iixi iithMi ^i:;n«d.a in « t.if: •!• !. tininti !li*fihlfl- u.ird. I ti-.ir iht-n > a *iijk«' 111 tin* ^ra-**-, tin- iii'»r« Ui in*** I kno>\ I>.in tf»T •• .ithrin^ th it ihrthin*' 1- \«Ji ^i.iH'J. M\ ••■r- \\rv to all f'lfinU. «-«|i«*i-ialU to tho<»r i>f fht- h'>iiM*htlii'r, Y'lnr niti-t aMi 1 iinfi.ir** lirntlu-r. .\< \"l. U. i'*\U. '• T'» >\VI KI. T. .1. S. ri I. < »«-i..'. .n|, IT.i^. IVar IlfMiliti, I lii\i* IK* il'tiilil ot \<»ur |>a\ iiiL' ni\ l>:tl .il ili* t|.i\ i^hrti du«\ »tn«'« I •)i"uM •tr!iiii!\ hix- lii.iid "f ii l«t>>rt- tir* t'liir luil it Nvii ti«*;:li««-tt .1 I'l.f lidlaiHi* h ft ill M'tir l.and% 1*% mv «rci>unt 1% Imt .i/. .'i^ 2f«l.,tlM- ilill«*n*nr«* U*ti«i\t 11* !• %«'rv iiwon* W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 309 siderable. I Lope Mr. Benson is gott very well to London, we were much obliged to him for his company, any friend of yours will be allways wellcome here. As for my coming to London this winter, I had such a bad one there the last, that I have no thoughts of undergoing the same again so soon ; besides, I have some busynesse upon my hands that would be very inconvenient for me to leave ; but you will soon have the happinesse of my sister's company, who has taken place in the York stage coach for next Monday. Not seeing any advertisement in the newspapers of the Lon- don assurance dividend this Michaelmasse, pray enquire of Mr. Neal about it, & let me know when it will be paid. I should bo obliired to vou for bu^^n£: me a book at Vaillant's* called R:iu dc Ara et Tumulo in confinio Ubiorum noviter repertis, & sending it down l>y the first convenience that offers ; it is an 8vo, & 1 sup{>ose of a small price. Having left London, I have no occasion to ensure mv house in Beilford Uow, but desire vou will call at the London Insurance Office, behind the Uuyall £xchange, & let them know I am willing to continue the insurance; u|K)ii my house & uutliousi's here, k at the same time pray pay them what will be due u|K)n them for the year ensuing. I don't hear the hops aroyett arrived. My service to all friends. I am, dear Brother, Your most affectionate brotlier, R. Gale. XCVII. MArRicE Johnson, Esg., to Roger Gale, relating TO A Skkmon Pke.vciiei) in Oxfokd, 1642, & several British ANTigriTvs. — JL ('. Lond., 12 Xovbr., 1738. Dear Sir, Yen we were shewn a 8crinon, in English, printed at Oxford, nil in reil letters, & prtMched by one .losias How, B.D., J think in 1()42, whereof mention is * r. Vaillaiit WHM a bouksi'Ucr in Uie fureigri trade. He died October 14th, iiau. wt r.7. 310 MI:»CELL.VNKOL's i'ORHl^Usl'UK HENCE. mado by A. Wood, but 30 of tlicm wen* printwl.' Al*o an arrow-head in heart fonii, from the Ea^t Ine ver\' ancient. I think in tlie museum at Oxford I was shewn st>me s<>rt.s of civil i niilitar\' instrumenu of tho like materiaU, >a\<\ to liave lH*en made k u««od l)V the ancient Brittann lM»fi>re they knew how to melt mrtaJN.* I hnve a large brasAO rin;;, Midi as thfv an* saiil to have lit*«*n hiin«v round their wastes in leathern thon;!s for ornament <, which i^ formed of two concave pieces pinncNl to;;ether, either U*torc they knew !u>kler* ing, or because it mi^ht not Ih* thou;;ht on to fix them otiierwite together. With this a rin^, very thick, and much too umall for any woman*s finp>r, wa^ dug up, a.s <*aptn Pownell a»»ur^l me (from whom I had th«Mn), made of flint vitrifitnl, and stained yellow with the juice of s<»mn t)«*rry, as it mnmu^, b«*ing of a pale lemon colour. These ring**, they *ay, were in like manner the omamentH of the British ladys lN*(on* the Roman'^ taught theoi to dres.se. They were very uticouth for ^uch a purpime ; bat some of our own cnuntreymen wmiM |N*piuade u^ tliat our noble ancestor.'*, the Auriiyc«M'iv ot* thi** Nie, knew nothing but what tbev had from the Humans,^ in ami'* or art^, wherea« the remainder of their r«iiii«i, in each i»t' the thnt* metaU, tbi*ir buildings, armor, ^ aci*«»unt^ of the \er\ invader<«. the Rom4ns ^ first settler* of tlii«» phue, pn»\e tlie iMiiinrv, *h<'w them t<» I* a nation iM.tli frahn^* li\ -•■.i, A trilil i-i ; A I ••.•ihiim It e.i-y to prove they haii JMith .irt^. an hiliviun- e«|H( i.illy. Uith ci\d ^ military, in as gcM^d |NTtivtiori as tlirir neighli«»r«, a« allsu to have been as well skilhsi In arm**. Th« m* things ret|uin' much time to pnive them tn ^nme |M<f» mm mrW mm im the Esfll 4 Wrat In lir«. »! that the uar ••( thrm ••»• li» ba«r Ijrm aBiwraal in old times — H (# laiija •ern U^ Katr U«-ri. ^t ti.r |;i'aiA>i inf«»ii4i arri«r<»soin of the Church. How long I must make my abode here 1 can't say. I had Doctor Harrington^s k Davis' opinions att Bath, ied seeing of them butt tluee days. I »• To Dr. Stukcley. «il2 MISC'BLLANEOr8 (-OKHC.nI*<»N1»LM X. stii:- — H. F. St. J. Sianit'onl, Id Jan., 173H.9. Dcan*ftt Sir K. Hnithcr, On Sun (lav mxin we arrivcii Mit*«* at the Ganm^rk, a ft it a moat plcaiiant joumoy, tlu* woathtT inconi|»araiily tine, a warm, easv ooacb of I^ird Sali^hiir%'*n, :;i»ud li(»rM*«, t\ nvil fimrhman. He throat«fUt-(l to M*t uh in Stamford on >atiirday ni;;ht, Init I moderated hi<« |)re<*i|iitatioh. Our n4*i;*hlHir« iiiti*ihit-il to have met u« in a ;;ri*at ra^'air.uh*, hail th«-\ knciwn tlu* tinu* of our coming. Inim4*(liatfly th** rlanp»r ot all tht* U'lU i»f •• rhnrrh**^ pniclaimed our arrival, d thi- i-«im|ilniiwn« scarce any t*\iv|it«*il, att«*n«l«ii u<«. Your ^i-trr !<» \rry Hell, MN'mi to take t«» h«-r nrw hahitaiion. l*r.i\ mmhI u« %ioni what the Lord of StTUton vivm, whirh with niv ni"«t Ih-artr arknow- • • • led;;mrnt«i of your ^n*at f.i\or«, «1 of Mr. N«*nr« ;:im»I tainil\, to wbi>m 1 am indrhtiil lM*ytiiii| niea«ur«', A d«*«tn* yt»u wihiM prt*- M*nt our ftt'r^'ii*!**, wr n^main, d«'an*At >ir. Your nio^t ohlip*«l humhh* M*rvant A linitlH*r, \Vm. Stikklkt. C. I>ll. SriKKI-KY l'» U. (fAI.I, "KAnOKNT Pauti\g», CfRiiN«ivir!**j* MftHAUH, At. H. t. Ih. 3Ii*aii ha« ;:f>tt M»iitf liu;.*i' |i;iinliii^« ol' tin* anti<|U«* m^ bi^ aj» lift*; th<*\ wi-n- t.ikiii up in th«- «ihl liuil«iiii^« at Huum*. *' B}dc«C mm of lUf^r (tftlr. (■tm Kl** K* ti"« ( .-mm'-nrr «>f Mtlorv Cul* l«f«. CaabndtfK. MMtictl Caibcniw. OM^Licr ul Mr \,hnt$u^t ii«wt,«ff KiiOaa. la IIIO. awl dMd la KM tf. STUKELET AKD OtHEKS. 313 Bnphael studyecl from tbem, & toucbt them up too, as it eeems to me. Tliey are so fresh, the figures so round, & colours lively, that if they be r^enuine, we may conclude the ancients were great masters in that art. A collection of ancient coins is coming over to be sold, made by the j^reat Gronovius ; his son'* designs to fi.N in England. I have got my 18 plates of the Temple of Isis litiisht, & in winter shall come to town to finisli Stonehenge. W. Stukelky. CI. From BIaubice JoHSSoy, Esq., of Flint-arrow asd Spear-heads, ancient picture of Uosauokd Clif- ford,— H. C. Spalding, 14 July, 1739. " " • I hud the pleasure, when last in London, of oominuni- cating to tbo Aiitids, the Sun, Thi)r, A; Woden, thereon ; ii the more northern nations bun'cii dcMgm^ vcrv \ttnz «Z«> f«»r It»*ainoii.i riifford.** It wa^ called tli«* l^v Littlebury*!^, a ;;rral family formerly in thcM* part*. A' 1 |>re^ume might have lM*en in her fto^ACMsion. Ti* cutt, frame and all (which i« giiild*^!,) out of t»ne pi<*ce of |H»rtiiin, alMitit 12 incln*^ bigh ; the head dn-Mt* k attire verj' uncommon. I am. 31. Ji»UN!MiN. ClI. it Gai.k To thk IIkvik Dk. Stckklky.— n. F. St. J. Scruton, Aug-t 26, I73!l. I>i»ar IX>rtor, I iiKMt h«-anil\ <*«»ii;:ratiil4tc you u|ii»ii your oi>tainiiig «o convenient A; agnvaMc atldition to your prrf«*riii«*iit« a« the hving of S>merliy« «\. wi»h you a lon;; cnjoiiiicnl of it in all health k pnM|>erity. I think a» to |H»litic* wr arc in a \'vr\ bad wWfi be p«Uifth<«l III* " Vu«ft|,-r ili«th Va». a on bit rrtvm «m wrcvkt-tl u«i Aacvti- •inn IftlanH li<»rfi in Nimrrwuhirr. l*^'*.*. Hi* |«inr*it i* in lb* Tnnti^ ||u«ar -HrrfM. f MTj ** Haary lid* Fair lU^i^amHl. da«tf bi«f ul buircr 4c Oiffi nl, ul W. STITKELEY AND OTHKKS. 315 way, & riper for ruin than ever ; a most formidable allyance against us, no friends abroad, & the greatest discontent at home; though your opinion is that France has opened her scheme two years too soon. I fear we shall find her now too well prepared to execute it. We have a report that the French & Sweedish Squadron was seen off of Sunderland last Monday, consisting of 20 men of warr, steering southwards. The design of the French Squadron going to the Baltic is now evident, & it will be well if poor England, with all her navall strength, will be able to sup- port herself against the fleets of the 3 crowns, our enemies. So much for ix)litics. As for the Greek inscription you sent me, it is so erroneously, and as I believe defectively, transcribed that I much question whether I shall ever be able to master the sence of it : at least, it will require more time than I can spare at present* The properest man in the world to explain it is Mr. Mattaire, but, as I remember, you told me when you was at London last winter, that he was much broken & decaves in it ; I can*t doubt of his communicating his observations, though Dr. Kennedy is so much displeased at your design. I believe his work k Genebrier's will come out the same dav. I thank you for your kind invitation to Stnmtbrd, but can have small prospect of seeing it this summer. My absence to Scarl»orough and Scottland have laid me under a great arrear of busynesse, & visits that 1 must make to my neighbors, one uf>on the confines of Yorkshire, and into t)io bishoprick of Durham, which I cannot enter u|K)n this fortnight, will cost me at least a weeky if not more; by that time our winter will approach, with its usual concomitants, lii;rh winds, heavy rains, 6i bad roads, bo that bv the time of my return I shall be glad to go into close quarterB. 316 MIHC*KI.lJiSRurs ( nKhCM*ONI»KNCE. Our journey** tn Scottland k return wa^ exn-^^ilin;: pleaiianU without any rain U|>tin t\u* ntad, hut at E4lenl»urriMi;;h \^r bmd a ;jn»al d«»al for 3 or 4 ilay-i. Wr urnt through the hi^hoprick of Durham & NorthuinlHThtnd tn Brmick, till 4 inile^ lM*vonfl it you pa.Mte over a UKHtr, ph^x^arit enough at thin time oftht* year, ii th(>n throu^xh a tine c*«)rn count rv, with nhuniiaare of ifooJ Strata in it, till vou ronie to EiienUirntinua]lr, ii nothin;; c:iri exriMNJ tlifin in n:is(\ n«*«Hr hut tlif iuMdt* of their bou^eft.'' We \vrn» Hp|on«lifily entert:iinel hv Msvomll |MT*i>nji i»f diMincti«>n, ho that wt* liav«* no rea^tn to omiplain of the country, hut I think I >hall htrdly tike .i joiirn«>y of ph*aMire tn it a^in. Wi» s:iw evrrythini: that umh r«Mnark:ihli*, found them murh fthort of our r\|MH*t ition<^. A tli** 4*ulii;^inin« U'stnwi^l u|M»n them hv the nitive^. Thi* college i*a pimr thin:;, mean an one of our OxforiPs h.ilN tor strurtun*: tli«* IVinripal has n tolerahle p>oi| house, hut thf n-st nf tin* l-H|;»in^* M^t-m de<«*rteii IniiIi hv profi*«%Hr Km/hi mn'\ K* •-"i« '• tn A Irtirr tn M. J.»hn«iiii. ••f \u.»-i*t l*?h '1- •-•i».inj thta yi^mey. G«lc »|ita, *~ an4 thnr rhurrhr* •• C}.<«.r^ |lii'-».An«n l.-m «• K V^t- »>•••'...•. r. 'r^m: I .- I a* Rim* iMirirb lu IS*. Mr VM rmi'l<«Tr<| riv Jit.*-* V «■ a t^* r t * hi* ria?ur«! aiiti. IIm* R»r1 nf MiK»V \l thr •«fiir k-.i .• ■ r imTt^'i 1 Kr ■•*«.-ft«| thr KrAlkOaOAAa In a afttinrjU p«rm f"»f wK-ch \\» '\fr »< f ,• 'h'.-.f." •• 1 ♦ •■ rt*-! t>< Kntf:«n>1 ml thrncr t«» Frmnre. whffr hr xUAinril « |.r fr»*.».* p i*. •*• i-» llrifr "f (iuirnnr in Iliirl4«ai. *nf| •ql«r>|iirnfW hr! I frir r> c< '•> v .n i*i#- ••-: rjr ••( ('»rlinAl L« Voin#, frfim IM4 tn r.i: llr nni wmt f.- I' ru;«: •'..1 (xamr • temrWrt a| ^ilntni^tv in tb# l*niTrr*itr nf (*iiim*<« lis' ritnvif| Int4i I At in In I '(M h«- tii.*Ai*i«*^l '!■• I 'a-r** %'. I afrrr a «Silr rriur«ei| Ui Ills liAlivr cnnntrr wKrrr hr «m Ap|»*inlreautvs for its situation, & iniU*ed he seems to give it preference to Mavis-bank, linng gene- rally at it. In our way we saw Uoslin (liapple, a most noble Gothic >tructurc, ere<*ted, as api>ears by some large letters upon the M)uth side, by William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, A.D. 1453. It has laid o|M»n to the weather ever since the Kefonnation, but the strength of its niaterialls, ii the goodnt»sse of its work, have preH»rved it to a wonder. However, the rains at last penetrat- \uli ii^ roof, a few vears would have intirelv dissolved it, had not that true lover of antiquitys di all liberal arts, liaron Clerke, pn>vaileil upon the present proprietor, the Lord Sinclair, to pat which he ill requiteil hj writing a book ciUleil a ** Detection of ber doingi,** (ie.oi|rnerfju nf it, hut a<« a l»iir\in;:-|il it* r«*r thr fauiilv. From IVnnvruii" (Mon^ Curuli) wt* liad :• Im j; clav'n juumfv to Moffat, a 5«tinkin;: ««iil|)!iurrt>us «|iau, likt* mtr'* at II.irry;:atA*, but not M» ^tron;; to lli«* hum*, or Nilt to tlu* |i:ilatt* ; by th«* rtr»ort to it, it may paaM* for th<* Tunbridgo of Sctittland. It i« admir- able for the yuk«* [it^'h] iV all cutamiMiA cli>tem|»fn^ Our journey lay ilirt>ii;:h a mountainous eountri*y, tliinly |ieo|ileti. AI)out ^ or 1* niil«-«> from IVnn\cuir, on our left band, we Haw no le!»M* than 14 ihtn*nehment.*«, one abo%'«* ant»ther, U|ion the north side ot' a ^u-vp hill, not le?iM* than half a mile in len;:th« L a lar;;e camp on aiii»lher hill at the wcftt end of them. Behind them is a little to\in, \, a ^entleman*^ leat emlh^ Komana to thin dav. He has wn»te an hi^orit al accf>unt of the i^iuitrev, but ban not one wonl in it of tbeM* worki which Ivc under his noM.*. Hiey ha>e their name fri»m <*aiktrm Ilomana, without doubt, ii the baron thinks it to ha\e been a camp of Aj^riiHiIa ; there lM*iii<; ant»tlM*r camp for the Britains u|Mm an op|MMite hill on the ri;;lit li:iiid. TIm* next day bron;:ht u« late to Carlile. Ju«t liotore we c.ime to a \illa^e eall(*«i Kceb'faehyn (the little church) \^r wmt a mile (»ut ot' our wav to vii'w th«- i famous catnp^ at lUirnswnrk.^' mi c.i1!(hI, I In-lieve, fmm a fine •priii;; or bourn that riin. A pro* di;^oun bi;;h nii»ufitaiii, \iitli a Hat are.i u|i«>n the top, \\r% lurtwixt them, from wh«*n<-«- i« a pnr^|M t-t of aUivi' ftl mile« e\fr\' wa\ niund it : llii« niaki*'« ntt- think, with ihi* Linm, tliat it «ia« th«* (*a%tra Kxploratt^runi in tli«* Aiitoiiim* Itiiirrary. Altout 3 mdt*» s.w. troni tlu-M < amp^ wt r.niif tn Mi>ltll«*!>\ , tin* ruin% of a lltmian station. %%h«'ri- l>ar«*n < 'It rki* p»tt tin- l\ eurinu^ altar* ^ the figure of Hn;:antia. nn fitiomil in H<»rM*lfy*i% Brit Horn. 4 Uordon*K Ap|m*ih1i& to Iii« ItnuT. .S^ptriiin.. to which 1 n-fcr * BonMwark. tir Hirnfitwork. a ••>:ifar¥ Kill, ifarly 3 miIci i«f the V w of MNldlcbj. 740 frrc aUitr the ma Irvri (Hi two aiflc* ftfv the v«*tifia ol IbMiaii MiliiArT wtiffk* a r •%rT%\ « 15 o«ft>1u>-tin«: fr>>a 1^ one t^i th# uchct. Tla«7 wrtT |»rvl«Uj Iim •uiuntrr (liarti r* nt^f^t ^tfir^ of ibc Miikllrlij fW- Vf. STUKELET AHD OTHERS. 319 you. From CarlJlc we travelled all alon^ a Roman road till witliiu 2 miles of tuy hou^e, pamtiiig tUrougb the Maiden Castle upon Staiiemore, in Westmoreland, It Ii;id been fortifjed with a vallum of stones, &, indeed, could [have] been made of no otber materials, the whole countrey for 6 or 7 miles being hut one heap of tbcm, tt the road the roughest & most disagreeable I ever trod. We have, in Britain, several mniden castles, maiden bowers, maiden ways, nil reliques of antiquity, but why bo named I never could devise. My paper being filled, I conclude, like Brown ^\''illis, with pardon liasty scribble, & believe me, dear Doctor, Your most faithfuU humble servant, R. Gale. Mv service to nw sistor, & let her know I received her hut cm. Samuel Gale "to the Ret. Db. Stckrlet, at Stam- ford, LiKcoLssHiRE." — H. F. St. J. London, Jan. 15, 1739-40. Dear Sir, 1 lii)|>t' you'l e.\cusc my long silence, we having been froze up here in uur c-cIIh ever since Cbrititnias day, so that this iipostle (as my [joni Dmnfcnnling luis it) m:ty rattle in yoar ear when thawttl ; like words coiigeald in northeni air, tor, believe me, I have been shiitt up whole days in my little cell, not dar^ ing to front (ho pincliiu;: Mists of Greenland, & the gentler brcc/es of Laj>land. I have been but once at the Antiquarian Sficit'ty, A n|)c- you ii Madame de Stamford have enjoyed a milder ctiinatc. I hcare that yon both Sl»R> childron ifler thrirc ficrv trval in the furnace. I have hoaitl nothing; latoly from S<*rutoii, but that th<*y an* all wrll apain then*. With my Invo A. mtvIo* to my »i>trr, I l»o;!;: leave tu subiUTJlie myM'lt, dour Sir, Vour afftrctionati* bnuhtT &, vitv humble wrvaiit. S. Gale. CIV. S. GaLK **Ti)TIIK HkV. Dr. StUKKLEY." [Print^i IM A'ichols^M lieli'j. GnlnuHT^ So, II.j Pt, 11,^ ;». 1H'»]. B^-dfoni How, May U, 1740. I)oar Sir, AHor my thanks for yt>iir la^t kind rpintlf, thin \% to an|uaint you that I wa^ le. I communiratotl that part of your h*tt«*r alxuit tin* urn at Ihirol»rivi!t, to the Anti«|uarii*«, uht» would Ijo ;;latl of a drawin;* of it t4i plact* in their an*hivf«. Vour St<»nehrngi* i* wril re«*t*i%inM ration. \\ lfl*h^h, tin* mi;;hty rritir hai« aallieil out to attick Mr. \ViM*\" whiti' InirM*, undrr tlic tiiV of ** Tiie im|«rtintMu*i* A iiii|iii«turr of miMlfm antii|uaric« di»- ** tlrv FrAnriB Wi«r pu^'ish'^t « l^*i-r to IH \|r«*! in IT.V. itn Aritit|uilir« in Rrrkthirr. and id 174.* • •rmrtil «"rk. rntitlr«l - Kuittirr tNiacr. VAtfin* uttiin tbr White I1i>r*r •n-l > '.Kf r \t.ti<^uitir« in Rerk«hirr . tn wLirL liT mf^inlAined iKm the Whitr Ilf Ahtii|UArir«. i« I^IX ci|irrM0i hiA ofMnion ibai thii »a^ ~ !>•• mot.umtnt ohbw cMnimiite ul vtctt^y. but A MrvinnAl formed by tli* ^«t •!.• %\ the iim^ tif iht-ir ri>nver«Hitt to ilinaliaiiilj, '•! the tmrrtd wkttf A^r*^ which in the K\%y% *4 \^gmn\tm IumI de|«flCurvd in I he lArml fru^m i>f «»* r«. **ne^ riiviinir «>n the d>i«na mnm tmllml A«lMlu«n — I Ur ArrkmmUf^m. vu t&ii p. •'»» The laU Mr. Akt It WM BnUak.-/*.. |i. IfT. W. «TUKELE? AND OTHBRH. 321 |)liijcJ," printtil bv Oslioriie,' Paternoster Kow ; tbe author, Pbilalcthe^ Rii^lk-us.' I am this iiDttant goiog to dissect him at U:iin|i:>tea(l. I thank you for your kind invitation to Stamrord, but my time will not )>cnnit mc to tnke that tour, especially before your c\{>cdition to tbe north. Mr. Roger designs shortly lor the >«aine place. I own I was oontcnicd to find you gone to your inn the iSunday evi'oing Ijpfore you leli London, I came from Uamp- stcad, it was ai bomo by s^-ven, according us I letl word, but tlie woatlicr being vory net & cold, 1 cl^.-^ to decline disturbing yuu at yiiiir quart t>, which I liupu you will excuse. I shall not fail to talk w!tb your friend Dyer' about tlio attair you hinted to me at a [iro|K;r o|iportunity. So wishing you &. my sister a pro9- |)oroiw journey to .Scrutoii, 1 atu, liear Sir, Your aRoctiunate brother A. very humble servant, S. Gale. CV. RoGKii Gale "to thk Uev. Dr. Stukeley, at his HOUSE, IX Glocesteb Jstrkkt, London." — H. F. St. J. rScruton, May lOtli, 1741. Dear Doctor, Tilts \\:\n intenili'o ill (hat i could not gi-tl out of my bi-d, much lessc sett ' Tli..mM CI^Tiie. ScHf,, n r- -i-il-.ble Ix-ikiwller of t«.i.l..n, dinl in I74S. TlioniM Ui>l><>riie. Jui.r.. > l-vxikm-lkT uf prcai enincncu in Oraf'i Inn, tad niaiiy rcnrr unv of llie i.i>urt of aiuioiaTitii ul tlie Stalionen' CoRi|auij, died in I7i::. Ilt'carrii',l..iiii.uo.-t'-.Ulurehc»« r.l:..rt nriil ll.iH : ami 1" lii^ lutiTiurii. ■utlmritaliTC anil inMtcnt in raanni-r. Ill tlir Iii:t thoji. il wu ill m; i>wii ctumlMT." Chbome porcbMod (lie tlnrU'ian O'llfcti.m i.( Manu*eri|.ti dir £l».OUn. fur the binding only ct which U'nl Oifur-t Sail |>aiil KiK.IMi; ftiul in 1743-4, printed anacocwntof them uikUt (he title ■- Catalnpuii UibliutliecK HarleiuiK," Ac. in foor Tota., and llr. JuliNi-.n wr,.l ■ 111.- |.rifa«'.— >ei- Timprrlrf'M Eiuyrlaftt^ia »f Litmrf and T-iK^raphiral Ai.rrd,-fri. Tol. ii., p. TIK. * Nrc Jlrit. rit/i.i^ ITT: and tlie LifrfMPf Jatw^Waiof Mr. Rn«Tw,|klIf, * Viilc Cunmoii-placn Book, |>. I VJ. 3ii MlHTRLLANEors i*ORRE!«POKnKI(CE. IM*n to jMiper ; however, I think hy pcMid & timely inmnii;rcinent, I have now shaken off* my inn. I tliil not in the leant apprrhend that th«* fn^^at man*rx|iected anv annwer fr«>ni mo Ui what was intimated in vuur last but ore, for I take all that he naid U^ [b<>] but a mouthfull of moonahine, & meriting no return of com pliments from me; he indtN-il ban tbe art of Uting very |>r«»t'uM» of them uiihtmt any meanin;r; I never had. I am iuiti»fied he wnuld never have ofTereil nie tbi^ favor had he not be4*n fully |M'nu:idiNi th:it I would decline it. Now he can Hay (which |i«Th:i|iH i% the chief aim «»f hi* ii^eet word») that it in n(»t Ih.h fault I \s:\% not ri-ultl pay my «)lH*iMnce to him, the best rrtum I ah«>uld f^ett from him would b«> but a ^necr, A a deny all of e%enr Word he has said u|M>n tln\ «H*oa.Mon. (feiRTall wonU im|iort nothini;. I hoartilv wii^h \iiu mav not rind them wliollv inftiinit* fii-ant. I rem4*mlMT to ha\e M>«'n alN»ut a ft»rtni^ht a;;o, in tlie new!ipapc*rs, tliat a r«i\ all M.*arfi* hail U*i*n «lis|iiiKeil of to an ubacune creature who wan ne\er hrard of U-fon*, nor |»erba|i« uill be a;rain, a.« have bt^en a dozm more, f^ince \ou villicited for that honor, 4 you have not yt-tt Im^ou MirpriMil hy the failing; of one « if tliem u|Kin your own shoulders. Hut t4> H'turn ; whv hhould I pay niy ci»mplimentii twer, I will not i»ay for n«ilbin;;, but f«ir doing mT duty, & a faitlifull execution of my «>ffice? Ono whu»e %ile UMj^e ha» cani*elleme small amends Hben- I'ver he plraM-s, ^ a^ hi* tunnti mi> out ••! my plan* witliout noticY, wttlKiut pving me or any of my fricmU Irave to «|ieak to biai aftfrwanls in my def«>nci>, loading nie ^ith falM*liond» which he kiie^ to U* S4I, bavin;: the front to « all nn* a Jai*t»bilr« tbuugb tile ni»ble fiemon he said it to niadr him «*at hit words, A at hut brin|( driven to tell e\er\'body my crime m as perMinall to bimarif, 4 b«* Would aiimiit of n«i e\|Hiiitulatit.n aliout if, ought lie not to maki* me what njiaration Im* can without my cringing to bioi at • Sir Boliaft Walpolc W. arUSELET AND OTBERS. 323 bis levfe, £ danciog attendance among his slaves — tm object be shall never have the pleasure of satiating his insolence with? What confidence can I have in a man that has used me worse than a dog, unprovoked, & onely because be wanted aij post to reward one that he had sent upon a dirty jobb into France, & to dispose of a pension that another hud to a member of Parliament that could not sitt at the excise board, nor loose his seat in the House of C[oramoDs]. ily last ga\e you two setts of reasons why I could not pay my court to hiui : one was ad hominem, to which may be added all the alMiie written ; the other was ad me ipsum, to which I steadily adhere, high an opinion conceived of his estate, either by him- self or others. This is my case. 1 hope God has given me enough to defind me from immunda ]tauperiK, from doing vmmg to anybody, or l>eing a slave to the greatest, & I am perfectly content with wbit his goodnes.se has bestowed ojwn me. This diiy's news brings us an account of the king's being gooe abroad,* but neitlier your name nor mine among tbe U^ of • Georg«Il.weDttoUuio*erHs76tb,attdretanMdtaBBglsndOelolMrMtk. 324 MiKT.tXAsrorH coRRExpospicyrc. pr«*r«*rnifil'ii:^ ut St. AIl»nn!*, wliirh I wi^h, J: dti nut niufli (ti»ul»t, Init it will turn to :;imn1 aei*«iunt to him. Wlion vou rot urn home let ni«* know, A I will lie at StnnAirtl as iMMin n« |Mi^«ili|«*. I n*joi«*<* much tliat \a>uI IVniliri)ke h.i^ untlrr^ tak«*n til «ili*>ti*tri(Mti* Ahiir\ intu the wurM. I don't c|ue»tion liut h«* will ni.'iki* ir worth %otir uliih . A that it% a|i|M*anincr will In* in th«' f>*i/e, f»ha|M', A r« •einhian<*«' nt it** »i««ter Slon«-lirn;;r, which uill niak«* th«'ni a iHMUtit'uil ^'enieiiie : hut am alniiura::iT^ of \our pr«Nlui*ti«»n M»me of vnur |>n»|Ki^ilN when we inn wa^ |:im ThupMlav, niv indt»> |Mi«i(i«in w'oiilil iiiit li-t mi* U* th«*ri*. There %%a« no o|*|M>«itiiin, «o the two iiM iinr^** w«-re cltirM-; A .^lr. Smelt, n*tuniin|; hi»me in hin rhiriiit alMiut «|i-v«n at ni::lit. w;i« ov«-rturi:i^l, A h;itl lii<» ri;:lit arm hrnke, :i little Im>1ii\% ilif up|Mr joynt. CVI. Sa^I'KI. (iALK '•?'» THK HkV. |)|l. STtkHI.KY, AT i I'lillh, Ll\< iiLNMIIIKK." — 11. F. Sr. J. London, June IH, 1741. iK-ari* l)ii*':»ir, Tlie iiiirU l»url\ UH •hare), in attctiilin;* the n-turn cif thi kiii;;*- \4t<'ht |H-rniitt ntfti*\i«it my hriithtr. %V .^t-iittonl. at th* tim< h«- ^.i^ thi-n*, mi tiiat my lii»|v« oi Initli iiiu*l 1m* n IrrnI to annthtT «ummiT; A 1 uiuftt lie cnhi- tful in till* W4ti Inn:; the riiK*k« that graze U|Nin llii*nia», tbr irM . K*! W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 325 crouded with antient companions in good leather jacketts, which I esteem far beyond the empty chitt chatt of a modem tuppee petit-maitre cloathed in tinsell. 'Tis with surprizcing pleasure when I view from the summit of our hill two irreat cittvs embel- lished, one with stately dome, the other with a venerable abbatial tower, & old Thames riseing with her silver streams to give fresh verdure to the bordering meads ; these amusements so support my spirits, when hindred from remoter visits of our rural scenes; & neare our town we have our walks, & Marybone, where we have a fine organ to entertain us during breakfast time. & Vaux- Iiallj with a grand concerto for the evening, magnificently illumi- nated with numerous cristalline lamps, & the brilliant lustre of the belles dames, this sometimes makes my captivity seem easier. I hope you have bauishd the gout out of your territories, & say with Horace, Tristitiam ct metus Tradam protenris in mare' crcticam Portare Tcntis. [Ode xxvi.. 1-3]. My sister, I hope, & all your family are well. Pray present my respects to the Oundle hospitable house, k to Mr. C'ollins, when you see them. We have no news, but wait for some from Carthago nova. In the interim I am, dear Sir, Your affectionate brother & verv humble ser\*ant, Saml. Galk. CVII. The Rev. Dr. Stukelky to Roger Gale, respecting THE DISTRIBUTION OF SiR RoGER CoPLEY's MeDALS BY THE Royal Society, the .^ksYPTiAN Society at Ix)N- DON, WITH an account OF THE SiSTRUM. — H. C. 9 Feb., 1741.2, Last Thursday we distributtxl 5 golden medals, coined from Sir Godfrey Copley's legacy of £5 p ann to be given to the per- 8CNCE. Stoart, Dr. TheophiltiB I)«*ftagulif*rM, k to m gmtUman who ^re lu an mccount of chickens k hop»* l>onf-fi b«Mn^ tinctured with % deep scarlet by eating of madder, k to another whu inrenied a method of drivinf^ piles, ax nnw practis«>ridjre. We have erected an ^];:]^'{»tian S«)ci«'ty/ at I>e B«*ck*» head, in (^handois street. My I^onl Saiulwic-h is pn*ftident, sereral gentlemen who hare lN»en in ifC^ypt are mem lierv others philc^ Egyptians ; the Duke of Montagu, Uichmond, Mr. Martin Folka, are of the numljer. The president has a ^istrum to call silence layd before him. Discoursing of the nstrumj* no satisfactory account could bt* given of it ; the Duke of Montagu askt my opinion ; I rose k gave a hing detail (»f my senlimentn concern* ing this famous instrument, k deduced the use of it from the beginning of the world. At the first institution of smiTifices, mankinfl waited for a descent of fire from heaven to consume the sacri rices, as a sign of God*s acceptance. Fur this signal they stayd a long time, k were obliged t4) wmtch k drive off the binl^ tif prey that came to devour the flesh of the offerings, a** Abraham did, Uent^. xt. 11. This they did witli a crotalu;*, rattle, or si^tnim. which the JEg^Titian*, for this reason, made an aniuletick, avemincati\e or prophylactick symbol. Tlio rattling i»f it at th«*ir mysteries was equivalent tn the calling tiut i\u^ i\a^ itn liiiinXot.^^ The company was highly pleasi'd with thi> acci»unt. k I ba%'c since wrote it out at large. I am, yuun», dc, W. Stukblbt. * Drvmber llib. 1741. an EgTpdan s^-irif wm Ir^a aader tlic ptvM- d^tship of liord SttDdvicb. The purpuae *4 ii wa« to iO()airr laio Ec«|r. Tim. CapCAJD Nor- dra (A I>anr). ml\ bavini; Ih^h in K»*r|i( Th* t t. •mir.Atol Mr Martin KoSkra. Cbarlca Manbopc. l»r. Mii>«. Mr Pampirr -(^ tKr *rr Ma*:«-r %*( Kt*«). Mr MitebcU (qu. ihr laU rranlrnc at 11* rlir. i. aMi* .at« • mt.xl muh ihcn d'UDticfv oi liM Soarty. A .^^lairam wa« laul kcfurr lur i^x-B.trra. a« tbc raUcM of hia oAoe. At oor of tbear ni««rtinc*. >n \7iJ (Kr I>ukr of M<>nia^u€ «ikr. Bisbtlrj to ciptaiD ibc purport of the inttniBcni. «bo aa^d it wa« tbc laalfv- ■•at wbcrrvitb Abraham drove tbc bini fr«>a bia aacnacc iGcocaia iv. IIX SDd ihcBoe applied hj the Eayptiaat at a aacnftcial lOftraBcat— Sec XtehU§'$ iUUf. O^U^m^. No. 11.. part ii . Il^* * A draviDf of tbia laatniBeat. brlon^'inf u* >\t liana Moanr. la m «m« «| acakaley't vnlanr* uf UeUhca. in tbc puMiwt.'b uf ibr licv. II K. M. Johft. ** Piocal O. pmoal sale pfolaai.— I'lry, Mm. vi^ Sto. W. 8TUKELET AND OTHERS. 327 CVIII. Roger Gale to the Revd, Dr. Stukelby. — BL F. St. J. Scruton, Decbr. 11, 1741. Dear Doctor, That the Royall Society is in such a flourishing state, & abounds with so many noble virtuosi, is matter of no small joy to me. I want nothing here but the weekly entertainment you are happy in at their most instructive & curious meetings ; but we must not expect to be compleatly happy in any place upon this globe. I hope Sir Hans made a voluntiry resignation, for though his age may now render him not so capable as formerly to discharge his office of President, yet it would be barbarous & ungratefull to oblige him to relinquish it against his inclination, & quit a chair to which he had been so great an ornament ; for no man that ever satt in it had the prosperity of the Society more at heart, was a greater benefactor to it, or putt its affairs into better order. I don't doubt but his successor will tread in his steps, & keep up the prosperity of it w^th as much care & honor. I promise myself great pleasure & instruction from the minutes you intend mc under the fair hand of Misse Stukeley, which alone would engage mc to read them with the greatest atten- tion. I hope it will not be long before I shall see some of them. Brother Sam will have a small box to send me about Christ- masse, by which they may be convoyed, if too large for a letter, k at the same time be pleased to give him the seal & lamp for me. I allways wished i>oor Lord Oxford's most noble collection might have been kept entire together, but such is the vicissitude of human affairs. The title is gone from the principal branch of the family ; the estate greatly inij>overished ; &. the librar}*, which was the delight ^ pride of both father &, son, to be dis- persed, no body knows where. I am glad, however, that there are some hopes of the M8S. being purchased for the librar}* at Oxford, & not suffered to be exporteil, as were those of Vossius,'' " Probably Isaac VoMini. Aon of Gerard John Votdiu, bora at Lejden, 1618. In 1670 he settled in England, obtaining from Charles II. a canoniy of Windsor. He published a book to prore that the Septaagint renion waa pro- daced by inspiration ; and yet. by a singular inconsistency, he expressed some doabcs respecting the sacred text, which letl Charles to say, **This learned divine is a strange man : he belieTes ererything bat the Bible.** His works are numerous. Died at Windsor Castle, 16SS.— iTfrttfa, p. 1066. 828 MIBCBLLAKBOUS OORRS8l*OKDKI(CC to the prcat dishonor of the nation. Wr ou^ht in Ite the more aoUioitnus of retaining; them hen>, an the of m> much value to mnv other countn*v. An for publiok affaim, I think it i^ |»a«>t the nkill of human councilla to retrieve them. I ;;i%'e mynelf an little thought almit them an iionnihie, vett I have Mill mi much ]«ive left for mv count rev, that tlx* ini|>endin;; Momi c:iu*h*<« me mativ a rtMJeiM hour. Dabit I>f*u<« hin ntrovcr»y ha« |>ut me upon readin;^ over apiin hi^ letter from Honii*, k compnrin;; it with an anonymou«» Pren<*h author I ha^e u{Hin the n:ime tuhiert. The Doctor taken no noti(« of it, hut I think l»v M>me of hin remarkn & exprenaionn he han ne<*n it ; thou^rli it muM lie confe*t in nuch an identity of topick<«, it wuve par d«-n autoriti*^ iu<'«>nte4tahle^ i|ue |i»« nie* de TE^jline It<»maine noiit em pru ill •*■«•* den Riven*, A Levde, 16f»7. Dr. Midfn of tlii^ Ixiok are chiefly from pannap* I> III i:iT vitrn hr .|uarrrIV 1 «;t). |tr rM*'r> I: .• ..• iv •fi<»».r •« Ibr •ubjed uf rtor^iiAAi frr* A U«i»u:t f. !'•'«•- I «r. rh \l li:«*t«n c»iim«I bvt iC crrslnl grr*l prrai*n»' rnni:tf . %tt*\ wl.ri- It t.''t t i r.<|.ar I • ; r« r-i.M-^i of Xht OrtYk T'»t*mriit. MiiUr.rtiin »tt»i-krl i* sr. 1 ti •■ •ir*:/-. «a* •>«ffl<>o<«J. In I7;?4 he •prut »>ar itror lo Um*y »imI •r. hi* r*%-,r:. |u':i«i>«-«| hi* *" Ijriirt tmm ll'-ror " ahutiing IKaI the rr!i,:i • f ti.r K mjkU rhurt h mrrt *lt%w% frott the hrftth'ii* III* AiiArk i*n Pr ll'«!rrl«n I • ' Vit.>|i,-»riin of like Kcn|4arr." in 17.11 n MitMIrtittt thr «-}.ar|.-r t.f iiifi.lrlu« p««i-r« tuit^-^fsl t>> hair •ut«-«rrf^«rr1 at.<; /•%( .-njt aIatvi t«> iW- clergy. Btfrn IGikl . «lica l7Su— ifrrf««. |» 7IS W. STUKELET AKD OTHERS. 329 I jKjrceive by the specimen you have given me of Mr. Wood's*' performance that you have little to fear from such an anta- gonist if he had entered the lists with you; but so farr is he from contesting anything you have laid down, that he plainly grants whatever you can desire by agreeing to the measure of your cubit, & application of it ; for that is the foundation of all your obser\'ation8, & being once allowed, your whole superstructure is immoveable. I fancy he must have stolen his ingenious thought of the 3 angels, & the Mosaick shew-bread, from some profound Jewish Rabbi ; for such a conundrum could never enter into the brain of any other sort of mortall. I have been so lon<]r that I shall add no more but my service to my sister, & are all well; & >\nth my friend B[rowne] W[illis], desiring you to excuse hasty scribble, subscribe m}'8elf, dear Doctor, Tour most faithful! friend k humble servant, R Gale. Pray tell my sifter that Lady Effinirham departed last Simday was a sennight, and left all she possibly could to Sir Coniers,** which is said to be very considerable. ('IX. RoGKR GaI.K ** TO THE ReVD. Dk. StUKELEY, IN Glocester Street, London." — H. F. St. J. Scruton, Febr. 19th, 1741-2, Dear Doctor, I congratulate you ujK>n your havinr; gott over your niartyrdcmi well s|)oken of. It is a subjei't that few of your brethren choose to handle, especially before your late audience, f<»r thou^rh I believe verj* few of them were pres<»nt to hear it, yett as it will be printed, the whole nation [will] become " ThomaM Wood, architect. Bath, who wrote and made plant of Stonehenpe. Stanton- Drew. ice. '• Sir Conrcr^ Dnrcy, of .\iit«*n. K.B. Lord Licatenant of the North Riding; who died 17.'>S. Hi» itccond wife wai* Elizalcth, widow of Thomai^, Earl of Effingham. 330 MIIICBLLANEOL'8 CX>RRB8rONDBKCE. judji^ ii oofiAors of it. The wise &. politick Hisbop of Sanim '* allwAVB mvoidft ^howiri^ IiIh imrU upon the occanion by getting a nulMtituto to do that work for him. Dr. Knight was his back for many y«*ar«, but gott bis nc4*k out of the collar tbe laiit timo of |M*rionnanco. Tho Iat4f revohicion'* i^ no matter of wonder t4> mo, eicepc that it waft m) long lM*fiirt* it wai^ cfl(i*<*ied, the lato adminitlra- tion not having had one good principle* to aup|iurt it, acting neither u|H>n honor, bune?»ty, conAcience, tnitli, or juatios. Our molancholy prospect of affairs, however, atill aubaitta belli at home A: abnad ; A I wish our dome»ti«*k diaaenMona may not ont*rtMs«* our ton*i;:n dangers. Tlu* change, I ho|ie, may contribute to th<* advantage of aomo of my frienda, k that tbey will meet with more ainceryty from our new govemon than they did in the doluM\e promiiiea of our former ov^fMrvofa^m, S9ipi9»iiil(HH. How they pj on alN)ve, I fthall lie glad to hear from }-ou, when anything worth writing hap|Hrn» k you have leitur«* to inform me. I think an infatuation attended the ringleader when he gott bin ba<»tard m> dignifyi*d that it mu!«t exa^^iHrrate all the ol«i quality, A. e«|Hvially the lady^, which i» wunte, agaiuat bini. I am glad tin* K. S. \uis at la^t r«>nverte1 i7*'l l:-lu«'at't| \; ( Atl.fnnc lla'I. (*«m)ind,rr, of which he IccMpr Kc::«i« mu*i iJurmmrxim MMtrr. Mr micc«bk1«^ hi» father la the aa«irr*hip of the Trin| !c In the cunirivervj eicited bir Rtfthut* Ho*Jlcy oo the cootCitutiiMi i>f I lie church, he Unik a le^minent part He «aa MMoaa* mttlj Bi»h<>p (if lUr.^iif >a!.abur7 and lx»ndon . and dcclinod the l^r of CaairrbarT -./rr#t«*». p :•♦:. ** Apainrt Sir lUilrrt Wa](^>> The new fart lament met r^aeral^r I at, 1741 >it n^ibrrt I.AT.i.^' : •! ite Biaj'W Rdiq. GaUan. ^'o. IL, Pi. II., p. 188.] Feb. 22, 1742. Sir, Having an opportunity of a frank cover from the Bishop '' Hit too Roger *■ wife. *• Samuel Knight, oducatecf at 8k Faal*i Sobool, aad Triniij College, Osa* 332 MlflCKLUlNKOUb CORRCSroNDKNCC of St. Aitapli, I had a mind to ^ive you a lino of the present situation of afTairH. I nr%*or ktH*w mic\i a f;fnoml bannonv k coalition of parties in my timt* i\% at pr«»M*nL I h.id the htinour yc?»t«*nlay to pn»arh U^foro hi* M:iji»*tv, the Prinrt*'^ A I*rin<'n'*ft of \VaI(*K k tho n*Ht of the* K<»yal Family, at St. Jamt*A*ii Chapel, tlio first tim«»: thrro was a niitiioroiin in relation to ihe Qii«M>n'' of Hun;;arv. TIi<* Huke of Ar;:%'le M*tH iiut on Tliur^iav fi»r Hollan«l. to hrin.' the Dutch to reas4»n, A to en;;n;re them t«> hreak off their attachment to Franci'. Wr have fn»*li K p>nd nrws from Ra%*aria« tluit the bridgv. CtiApUin tn KiIwahI. Earl »f Orfutil ; Vicat «•( CkupfienhAm . lUctuc of MIuntith»in. Ilunta : (*hApUin Uti\r**r^f II. in 17.11 . .\rrhn of Bcrka. 173.^ He wniCe Wit Livn uf I>r (VIrC an.l KrMoiu* l>i.<<) I74i.— ibv. 601. ** ZAfChaij (SrrT. ediu^ an edition of *^ llatlidrs*.'* wirb ouinj canoaa md cntcrtainintr nt»tr«, uf which \V»rtiurt«*n vmtr * fir hsfllv ihinki chrrr ever apprarnl. in any Uameil lanpitiirr. vn rtrrrahir • h< w *' ni'n*rntr anmmrrirarie« as hath !ai( Ir >w*rn irif^n a* '^n tK.t •aiiric f^^** He alio |4i>'li»lir«l "N«iiii Shak<-«prarr " an>l ' An An»«rr r.i NmUc's Hielory of the PuntAnt " lUirn ir.^; . «||«s| i:«U; -^Hrrf^m, y 4C» * Aftrr thr |.ar*iamrntarT ilrfraC of Watp Ir. thr K:t.|r aiiiiCi)r«i t<» each iHhrr aftrr a ciiii«i" <>f Parliaaent. na called !• the vpfwr bouar bv the title of the Karl *if Bath, havinf I^m all bit pnfimlancj atid influmcc in thr ch'-rt apac^ of Ave month* fn*m the fa!! of Wal|vlr, wboei be dmvr from thr hr!m i>f puhlir affair* ** John Tarirrrt. Farl of (tranvillr. eM^^i tcti of (ir^ r.r. I>^t CartevrL F lucatC'I at U< •!ni.-.»ifr ^'rl. ..' %rA < \ t %'r^ jfcli « * i ;. Mtf..r,| Ambi^- ■ailor I • s«r«lrn in 171'' . NcrriarT of Mate 17/1 Virrr \ iif Irrlan«l m 1731, ani! a^in aftrr thi a«¥<»»i<>ii «if <.«^irre II llr «a« thr mrmT of Wa)po9e*a ailmini»trati«in anil mi'V<«t. iti IT4I. f> r thr rrnfval>it tt.** luinisirr. He tl became Secrrtarv if *^ta*r Mr «a* a | 'ra*at.! o>m|an.on. and a eocatvmfer .-f lrarn<«l mm " P *'*\ ITt-J -^ii^f.'m y 4i*.* ** In 1741. A«t:o»i *'th the F'rritir of lUvana dn-Srr«l war i^*aiB Qurm «tf Hancarr ai.I ha*1 t* r a!)ira S|«in and Krancr In Mav. 174}. Mtialb fnfcitt firrt i-ritrrvd f.»r *"tr-^v »rr«i«r | fri« r>r,lr«? !#• |''«»-t'rT» . and m 1743 Cbr baitV of lirttiii^ti tia« ftivfht. thf Kiigtiab kirtg nrttimamlmf bia with creai calaMW and reH>laii*m Tbc Krencb b«l aooii am killed. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 333 Queen has crreat success against the new Emperor, & has re- gained her loss in Bohemia, I saw tlie new Earl of Oiford ^^ introduced into the House of Lords ; he looks much dej(K^ed. Poor Dr. Twells'* died on Friday, & left a large family very destitute. That day Dr. Stebbing* gave the Society for Propa- gating the Gospel in Foreign Parts a good sermon. Dean Pearce's** Clerum is wrote against very sharply. The Bishop of St Da\id's ffoes to Exeter; Dr. Hutton^^ succeeds him. I am, in haste, Sir, Your very humble servant, Samuel Knight. CXI. Re\t). Dr. Samuel Knight to Dn. Z. Grey. [Printed in MchoW Miq. Galean. No. 11. y Pt. IL, p. 190.] Sarum, May 12, 1742. Dear Sir, Having finished my visitation in Berkshire, I am got " Matthew Twells, D.D., Rector of St. Matthew's, Fridaj Street, mnd St. Peter'*, Cheapside, Pn'bcndary nf St. PnuPi*. and one of the lecturers of St, DunHtan's in the West. Ho publislied. in 1740. *' The Theological Works of Dr. Pococke/* in 2 toU. folio. Until within five yearn of his death, he had no more than £100 per annum to support live children with. ^ Henrr ^tebbing, distinguibhed liinihclf in the Bangorian controTerij againfet Hoatllej, and afterwards attacked Warhurton's ** Divine Legation.** He became ChanciUor of the Dioce>e of SaIiid>urT, and .\rehdeacon of Wilts in M'io. He published ** Sermons on Practical Christianitj/* and " Sermons on Bojle's Lectures." Died 1763. — Breton . p. 1»7."». Sec also Commrntaryt^ pp. 22, 40 ; and A%itobiography, p. ul. * Zachary Pearce, educated at Westminster School, and Trinity College. Cambridge, where he wrote papers for the **GuanliaD** and ** Spectator.** D.D. 17^{4. He replied to Woolston in an anonymous pamphlet, ** A Vindication of the Miracle* of Jesus." Dean of Winchester, 17:tO ; Bishop of Bangor, 1748 ; Bishop of R»Khe!«tcr, 1756. Bom IfiHO; diel of Kirkby Hill, and Free School at Ripon. under Mr. Lloyd. Jesus College. Cambridge, 1710. Fellow of Chri»t*s College, 1717. Domestic ChHplain u> the proud Duke of Somerset, who gave him the Rectory of Trow* bridge, Wilt>. in 1726, and Rectory of Spofforth. Yorkshire, in 1728. Preben- dary of York in 1734. and also Canon of Windsor and Westminster, and Chap- lain in ordinary to the King. Bishop of Bangor in succession to Dr. Herring, appoinunl to York, in 1743 ; Aretibii»hop of York in 1747. In 1757 Archbishop of Canterbury, in which year he «iic«l suddenly, and was buried in Lambeth church. — Vide HdMime't UUtorjf vf Manke^ in Jlfrkskirr T^po^rmpkieml Jmirmml, p. 253. 384 MtSCCLLANBOUH CORRISPONDEKCe. hen* in urd<*r to preach mj turn mt the cathodral on Sunday, t to look over tlie Mrripta k charta in t]jc cba|iter-houae, which, (tliough very conhidorahlc), yet lie very much neglected. I hofM* to find out many tilings not yet taken notice of, relatinj^ to the ancient >taU.* of tliis church. I gave the list of Convoea* tional piecea to the Chancellor of Peii*rliorouglL He thanka you fi»r it, & will borrow home of them when he fixes to writing. Nothing was done to any puqKMe at our laiit meeting in Convo* cation. Tliore were »om<> good iipeecht»fi on botli ^idea, but the reading of the pa|M*r delivered to the Houm* by Dr. Ileynolds wan put off till the llHh instant. I hope to be thc*re at the time. If nothin;; is done then, I think I shall ne%*er again put myself to anv trouble of tin* Mime kind. I am sorrv I could not be al the fe:i>t of the Mms of the clerg}' last Thumday, but more sorry that the coll<*ction was so small. The colIei*tion for the Society for Pn»{Kigation <»f the (fosp<*l, Ac, goes on very i^ucceasfiilly ; it is l)elieved it will amount in the wliole, through England, to £8,(KXK The itiithop of St. A>aph*s sermon on the feast-day ia in the pn*ss. If out lief«>re I leave the town, I shall have one for you as a present from the Bishop. He is the first bishop that ever preachi*«i on that occaaion. Dr. \Vj|kin!« i% ready t«> put to the press Bishop Tanner*s ** Bo!»ton viria illuMribus Anglia*;**** be brings it down to King Jami-s I. Tlie Literary Society have engaged in the printing of his *^ Notitia Monai^tica/*^ in two volume*, folia I ho|M* the Muior pr«ict4>r, Mr. Beabv, sent the Archdeacon of Lincohrs letter to tlie pmlcwutor ; be pleas(*d to semi it lo my son HJth the enrlii4<<«l. I am, with humble service to your lady & Blm. Mos.-Hibmi«ak'* pnaiad by tkt UlHafy Bodtftj. IT4H. uf which lliiaC4Ni i CAUiufvc of vntcn SMkcs a tcfj otmU of Um prrfooe.— .\u-4.^ It «M pnaiad by tkal booscj. ia «as vaL. 17H. loba^JVMdtaL W. STUKSLET AND OTHERS. 835 CXII. Rev. Dr. Stukelby " to Samuel Gale, Esq., Bed- ford Row, HoLBORN, London. "-tH. F. St, J, Le Gannoc,'^ apud Staumfortb, 7 June, 1742. Dearest Sir, Tour sister got home safe before me, & I went round by Essex to visit a druid temple, the only things that run in my head at present, & I go on briskly with Abury. I wish you went on as fast with your Flanders expedition. Your brother is happy in building his librar}-, & I am pretty much engaged in repairs & the like at Bamhill, where I think to fix my last tent, &j after the mode, retire. Ducere solliciUe jacuiida obliTia riUe. IHar, Sat,^ 1. ii., 6, 62.] We have expected your nephew Tom'* with impatience. Mr. Cayley dyned with us on Sunday, going to Cambridg with his son. Our fens will be very dry this year for our abbatial tour. Your hermitage looks mighty pleasant By what I can hear, vou will have no lottery this vear. I be S-pt., 1742. Dearest Sir, I nvriv<*t hrartilv coni^ratulati* with vou on the hci|M.*ful ri*o>V(Ty of our hrutiuT fn»in iii« tall« tbi*n* would liavi* btM'ti a ^rcat dump t»tlirrwi44* ij|miii t(H* pl«*a«urc!« \ prii«|M>ct of our next Londoit journ«*y. I liav«* had a Mnall titt ot' the |;uut, but oyld it off with p'eal eaM> A: c«*li'rity. I ha%'e h^ng »inci* finislu'd what I pro| omnI to U(ie, though t»l«l, will U* <*i'nilortahli\ d not inrle^ant, ju«t «uiied to my ^u*»ti». I have l>ou;;ht a pi«*ee of in^und at lVterj*ate, k another at my hack ;;:it«*, in Ikirnhil!, to maintain my fialfrpy ; t tbiTe mv lm<*k «'at«* piK*^ into the tiel«N dinvtlv low art! Rvhall &. Hrip*aMn»U»n. Sir Kd%vanl Jjawremvcallml hereon Tltunidayi wantA to h«*ar of your lirothrr chimin;: Houthwartl ; he hasi been in Li'ieo*ter?»hire, at hi-* nephew \Voola«ton*v I ha%*e A fine apartment t|«>iki;*ni*u at liandiill.cxinM^t- in;: ^*^ A lar;;e nponi l«M>kin;: full M>uth, down thr ^tnvt, two le»-' MT room-, & A little chamiNT, to;*tt her with a little ^ardi*n wailed in, a little hoUM% A<-., all di^tim-t fruin the main hou^*. I ho|M> you will (^ime iIumu to ni«-<'t \our ImttlM^r ht*rc. To* morrow I i^itc u* l*Miu::ht«in, to vi«it the i^uke ol Montapie. Your MAter ri*meinU'r<» Ii«t Iov«' to \i>u, &, I am, Ytmr :itie«-ti«»nat4* brother, Wm. Sti-kklict. Mr. rolliii*, will', *V M.fi, an* ^miu* a pil;:riiiiap' into S|.i|fi>rd- ikhiri*. Mni. ot'tor, II !• to Ion;; iiiiuv 1 h.d :i liiH* fnmi yoU| or}^^! • line fr W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 337 me, that I choose to answer one received from my sister this morning by writing to you. The late accident that has befallen me made it very troublesome to putt pen to paper, & the long desuetude from epistolizing has made me verj- averse to it, as I cannot but own, i this is the tnith of the case why you have not heard from me in such a distance of time. I am now, I tliink, pretty well recovered from my bruises, hanng little or no pain upon the parts that suffered from them, but the lamonesse that fell on mv left \o£r ^ thi«rh last summer is returned, thouirh not in so great a degree as before ; i\: I have still so much weaknesse all over me, that I can scarcely crawl about the house ; to this I must add a violent cold, contracted about a fortnight ago, that has much disturbed me all night & day, but is now going off apace. If I should have had the misfortune of a call at this time to London, I could not have obeyed it ; but that seems now to be in nubibus, having heard no more of it for 7 or 8 weeks, I susj)ect the contest is more aljout who shall tuni out than who shall come into the commission, ic till that difficulty can be adjusted, suppose no alteration will lie made. During my confinement, among other amusements, I have read over T. AVotorians. A: where their fictions or tnulitions are not sufficient to sup|K)rt his fnncys, he never wants falsity s of his own invention t<» supply their defect. As you have allrcady seen it, in all probability, 1 shall say no more about it. 1 find bv mv sister's vou an* for London the fir>t of Xovein- ber, A: thank her iV you for the kind invitation to a loilging with you in Glouccst«'rsliip ; which I shtiuld most willingly accept, at lca>t till I could provide myself with another, if I am sent for up ; but as that seems now to be very uncertain, I can say nothing to the other. I must confessi*, however, hapi^en what will, that I have some inclination to see London this winter, ti if W 338 MISCELLANEOUS C0BRE8P0NDENCE. health & strength will permit, may perhaps sett out for that place afler Christmassc, & stay there 2 or 3 months. I hope this win- ter will finish Abury, & am sorry to tell you that I have not been yett able to procure you one more subscription to it in this land of the learned. Wee have had a young lady sent from Burleigh to a countrey parson's, at a place called Spennythom, to prevent her marrj'ing a footman there ; this has been effectually provided against, for yesterday was a sennight she ran away with a recruiting captain, & though pursued & overtaken at York, gott marr}'ed to him last Wednesday. She is called Misse Bates, & Lady Exceter is her aunt Her fortune 5000/. You may tell my sister Kitt Crow* continues very well, & as most i)eople judge, as great a rattle as ever; he resolutely refuses to drink anything but water, though his old companions say they will in a little time bring him back again to slaix?-ale.* I never saw ajnan eat with better appetite. All the rest of our family that can speak give their senice to you both, & arc very well ; they are all gone to dine this day with Mr. Revelv, who setts out on Monday bv the York coach for London. Mrs. Batty Revely returned to York last Tuesday was a sennight. She ^ Mrs. Smithson have taken a house, & live together, in St. Saviour's gate. I received my sister's letter of September 22d, & thank her for her good advice in it, which I believe I shall follow in a great measure. Tlie unlucky horse I sold in ten days time after the accident, for a very good price, having first acquainted the buyer, Mr. Fred. Frankland with all the ill I knew of him, k let him take him away with him tor 8 or 9 days upon tryall. He pleased him so well, 6i was so (|uict with him, that he gave me what I ask at the first word. He is to be sent to Mr. Robinson, at Vienna. He is certainly a most beautifull creature, & I don*t question but I shall hear he is preferred to the Queen of Hun- gary's stables. ' Father of Roger Gale. Junr**., wife. ' Plain ale aa oppowd to ale medicated with wormwood or ■corry grata, or mixed with any other litiucir. Skinner najn it ia a Lincolnshire word.— JlaUiireirs Archaic iHctumary^ p. 753. W. 8TUKELEV AND OTHERS. 839 Consider this is a double letter, & pardon the length of it. I am, dear Doctor, Your most faithfull humble servant, H. Gale. CXV. Sir Johx Clerk " to my good friend Roger Gale, Esq. : An Enquiry into the Ancient Languages of Great Biutain, being the copy of a Paper intended FOR the Philc»sophical Society at Edenborough," 1742. H. C. As I have tliought it no improper amusement to enquire a little into the lant:un*;i*s of our forefathers in Great Britain, I have thrown tofjether some thoughts which I humbly submit to this learned Sc»c*ietv. Our aneitnt w ritcrs, with the concurrence of some of our nioilcrns, seem allready to have determined the question what these languages were about the time of the Roman Empire in Britain, but as their opinions stand intirely upon a few traditions iV monkish authoritys, I must be pardoned to have no greater reguard for them than they dej>erve. It was A: has been for many centurys the constant opinion that the language wo now >peak in all the centrical parts of England A: Scott land k all along the south-ea^^t, east, & north- east coasts ot' Great Britain, is what was introduced by the Saxons, or Gennan nations, who took po8ses.«ion of these coun- treys between ihr years 440 & 4.')0, k that upon the severitys exertiscd by iht-si^' invaders, most of the native Britains fleil into Wales, where they intnMluced that language which continues there to this day.*^ This is the opinion of tho learned Davies & Lhiyd, who CMn>idereil the Welsh language as the Lingua Uritannica, the anticnt & universal language of Great Britain. Buchanan iV Camden seem to be of the «aine mind, but these great names can never sup|)ort things that have never been well ' If tbci'c fupitivcM intrtMlucvd their language into Wale*, what ]juigoag« wan thcTf ii|M)kcn UftTc tlicyr arriTal ? The oountrej cann€>t be anppuied to have till thfii U'cn uninhabiUMl.^^R. O. 340 MISORLLAKEOUS CX>RRE8PONDKNCE. oun^i(^•^^l« A: tlirri'Inre I think invM^lf al lilM*rtv to show, as far a^ till' natiiri' **i tin' tliiii;: t*aii allow, that tlic lan^iiap* now h|Hikrn liy iiiun* than thii*t'-f'ourth^ of tht* inhahitantA «it' thii island i^ the •^ann', or at Ira'^t, \^ thi* trut* ot'^|>rin^ «>t th<* antiiml Hritinh laii;;ua:;r, \ihirh tiNik plaiv when Juliu.*« < ^fftar firM inva(it*«l thi^ i*>lanii. In thr mean tiinr« I dn ac-kniiwlc«ip* that ii|»on thr ra|iaciotu M*vi*ritY*« of the la<»t rai*<* <>t* Sa\«in^ whti invaiiM Kn:;lan(I in the 5th cvnturv, main nt tin* Itritains tliii inti> Wah*^, hut a.<« thi«c* oiulil not Ik? till* twrritii-th part nf the |Mi»|ile who an- naitl by Ca'sar to \n\v Imi-ii Intinita honiiniini niiiltituilo, htt it i« iin|io»- Mblr tlir\ iMuM >•• «-iitii'rlv oarrv otr with th**ni tho Hritiah lan;;iia;;(* a<« ti» hrin;; alMiut a total ('lian;;r of it. No doiibc M'vrral hiniilrni thou^anXi'(*cilin^ till' Saxon inva«liT^, iV con<«iN|iifntIv niUAt havi* pre- MTiml tlii'ir antii-nt l.in;;u.i;;i* «-\c*f|it in mi far a^ in liim* the iliali-ct mi^ht lit* altcri*(l. As f<»r tho<»i' who th^i into Wah-?*, thev nii^ht iDilepd bavc introduci-ii nianv ot' thuM* \«unU which wt? Hmi in Mr. Llu\J*» Ktvniolo;;ii*on, I ait it i'^ certain then* wa<» in \Vah-?» at that tiint* a vcrv antiiiit lan;;ua:;c, tin* parent of what the |M*ople of that cuuntrcy rioa in France, & *tis very |>nihahh- that thi'^ lan;;ua;;e iiii;;ht a^«iiinc tL«* name of Ccltitjue, a<», indfi-tl, iiio^t of the natinnn of Kuri*|»c went nunie* time umier the naiin- oft '•■Ita*, a« will at\4*r«-arti« more fully a|»|«*mr. Now, in unler ti» iiiak** thi% i*ni|u:ry the more n*pilar & con- vincing, I <«hall pnH'«-til hy the tollowin;: otrp^:- 1«t, I ^liall «hew tn>in thf U-M authorit\« which anti«|iiitv can priHiiiie, that th« tn rni.in iiatiiinH wen* thr tir«t who |ll<•lplt^l far the ^n-ate«t part ot thi« i^lanii, particularly all th** ««iuth, M»uth- eaM, eaM, nMrtli-«-aM. \ northern iiartu of (■n*at Mritain, A tliiTcfort', I \rh U*t«in* till- iina^iiin of the la.«t racv of Saxon«, in tiK* '*th century, that our l*riti^h (tia^t^ f*p)M>«ite ti» iIm* mntinrnt of (teniianv A (t.illia wire calliil the Litftra Sa\onica. 2iiil, I ftliall »hew what wa« ;:iiierall\ tlit- l.in;;uap* of the |H^ip|i- who inhaliiteii tht*M- c«ia«t.«, «V dtr what reason it may lir UitHi;;kl to lia\e Ux'U iIm- Grruian laugua^*. W. STUKBLEY AND OTHERS. 341 3rd, I shall describe wbo the antient Celta3 were, & how far some of them were understood to be the Gralli, & how those Gain were distinguisht among themselves. 4th, I shall shew the great antiquity of the German language, & that it was imiversally received by the far greatest part of the Celtique nations. 5th, I shall shew how, in all ages of the world, it was a common thing for the peoj)le even of one nation to have dif- ferent languages, & that this was the case in Britain at the time when the Romans invaded it 6th, I shall give the reasons that in all probability induced the AVelsh writers to believe that their language was the ancient Lingua Britjinnica, the general & universall language of Great Britain. 7th, I shall shew by what means verj* considerable alterations have crept into the present general language of Great Britain, but that it still remains the child (V true offspring of the ancient German or Saxon language, which took place hero in the time of the Romans, the same Lingua Theutisca or Tc»utonica, which has spread itself all over the north-west part< of Europe. L To begin with the first head I mentioneuth-<'ast, north-oast, k northern parts of it, I shall adduce the authority of Julius Cajsar, wherein his 5th Imok of Commentar%'s de BoUo Gallico has these wonls — Britannia? pars interior ab iis incolitur quos natos in Insula ipsa memoria proilituni dicunt. Maritima jtars ab iis qui pr;ed;e et belli infert*ndi oau>a ox IVIgici tran>it»runt ; qui oninos fere iis omnibus CiviUitum ap|M*llantur, quibu> orti ex Civitatibus oo provonerunt, et Ik»IIo illato ibi romansorunt, atquo agros colore oa?ponint. Hero wr may obsorve that Ca'>ar s|»eaks of those inhabitants as coming from Bolgiunu by which name all the inferior parts of Germany U'twecMi tho Rhine iV the Si'in were calle«l. Tlia«c inhabitants were, in all prolmbilitv, settled in Britain long before his time, since he obsor%t»8 tliov had cultivated lands, built houses, Ac. And thi> is still the more evident that in the time of (laudius, but a few ve:irs afterwards. Tacitus takes notice tliat the city of London was a great empo- 342 MlSCBLLANROrs (^ORRGSPOSPBNCC riuin, (»r ]A:icv of tnnio, which in all pniliahilitv wa« with tl>e native Hritiirif^ wh<» iiih:ihitfr ativ iiitc*rri»iirM- with tlifir tM';L'hh(»r*, A tLs thill cncroaM'd, th«'ir I:iii::(li*'i' wmilcl tiatiirallv I'.ill ifi with timt of the iii<»st |Niw«Tt'iill |>ai-t i>t* thf i^hitnl. The next authority I Hhall pnMluiv is that of Taiitu^ in Vita Ap*ic«)la*, wh«-n', ^|N-akin:: of* tin- t'ahtlonian«, hi* !»a\^ — Hutilsc (^alcMloniaui habitantiuin «'oiii:i*. nia::ni anu«. (ttTniarii«-ain oripnoni chMtion«tratil, A«'riiio haud multum iii\rr«u«. Ii\ whii-k woniH hr plainly intiinatt*^ tliJit i-vcn th«* (*.i]i^iiinian«. w-h«» inhahitiHi tin* north part^ ot* iSritain. ciiuntry^^ n'ni«'Vt-«l alMi\tf .'iwii in (':i-*iar, wrnc* it»t4H*ni(*il to U* of (t«Tniaii iiri;:in, A that thfir I in;.'ua;;i- wa<» not much n«*vtT in Hritain/ tV that ho i|in'» not writr from hi* own pro|HT knitwhtl;!^, hut In'Jii;; Min-ii:-law to .\::rioila, the Iliiman (st*n«'ral tli«*n'. \w r^nihl nut hi* niiMnt'orou^i, niiin* f^iN*- ciallv iMN'au^* that ani>in;;«l the auxiliary inMi|i* th«*n« wm- whoh' Cohort* **i th«' I'tatavi iV. Tun;;ri. ••(* wli>>iii rnnairi *«iiim* lioman invTi|»tionH tmin that linif «|iiwn i*\fn to our •l.i^'a. TlioM* Itatavi A Tufii'n in* at kn*iu|iM|;;itht*r ton^ur, «\ tlh- «niall tJiHi-ri ni't- tlitt wa« U*tui^-n it & the lan;;ua;;i* »|Nikt-n li\ tht»«4- 4 'alc«|onian« tint Mc-nt un«Ifr tin" name of' Pi(*ti, A inhiluti'*! tlir \n^^ <-«iiintr\ « tV north-oa<»t i-tMnti* ot' Sc*«»ttlan«l. Such iiii>\ niu^t «-i-rtainlv ha\i- It«n, U^imiiim- • * thrv u«^l i-harit»t« in tlit ir war**, a« ihcv diil ni-ar th«* (iraniiiiaii mount, ^^ Ikti* thf\r iiit-iii"rai».< iiaidc- with ii i- Kmii.in* wa« fought; Kurolv thi-\ i'■ mH h\i^i, for till i»l* lalf lhi*\ hail tvw rhariott matU anion;: th* m ; \<( I «'annot hut a;;nv with all our hiitoriaiiK that at th.ii hatth*. il other onu^.on^ idlt-nsanla^ * N.I ii il ! • «.( t(i 1 1> f- •' ■> I'-tUati wrrr .ti \^vi. a ■ armt , l«l || w bot au cltAf i^at n\ (.an iii».ii|t. i.* iM L\ Um.iu lure Al I La! I.lyi. — ILU. W. STUKELET AND OTHERS. 343 both the nations of the Scots & Picts jo\Tied against the Roman power. A third authority I shall mention is from Ptolemy, who, in his Greography of Britain, places the people Belgse in the south parts of England, to witt, in Somersetshire. Hampshire, & Wiltshire, & ascribes to them chiefly two citys vSara ^ip^m & ou€vra, the first thought to be now called Wells,* & the last Venta Belgarum or Wintchester. What these Belgse were shall be aften^ards explained. A fourth authority is from that antient treatise called Notitia Imj)crii,* published by Pancirollus. Tliis treatise, no doubt, was written long before the invasion of the last Saxons in the 5th century, A' it appears by it that the Littus Saxonicum was par- ticularly taken care of by the Romans, under the authority of a magistrate, who was called Comes Littoris Saxonici. We have there an account of several offices sub dispositione Comitis Lit- toris Saxoiici in Britannici, & so are not left to doubt but these Littora \vere inhabited by a race of people from Germany, whom the Romans esteemed as a very considerable part of the inhabitants of Great Britain. A fifth authority may bo taken from Nennii Historia Brito- num. Cap. 2. In Britannifi priiis habitabant quatuor gentes, Scoti, Picti, atque Saxones ot Britones : k so far he must be in the right, because the remains of these four nations inhabit Britain b this day ; for the Scoti, pro|>crly speaking, are the Highlan4ers, whom Bu<*lianan calls the Scoti prisci. Tlie Picti are thos* who inhabit the I(»w countrevs of Scottland, k whoso pre CllKKRaPUNUCMCB. l>«*i*ii a lilAtiiirtioii iiMtl iM'twifti till* BritIy tht* untifiit iiili:i)iiuiit» nf Kti^iaml A. Wale*, tlioM* who livtii ;;i'iiiTallv in iii:i(t*«>vtihlo iiioiintainn. tV. werr tilt* prti^friiv Iff tli4* |M'ii|»li' Iff Annurit-a in Fruntv ; whori'aft tli«* l^^t inrluiltni all tlu* )iiNi|ilr nilirrat Hrilain, witiioiit lii^um'- ti«»n : but «:«*iii'rallv •^iMsikin^ 1m all iIiom* wunl<^ li.i\f bwii umtI tu 9i;;nit\«* om* «V tlit* sanit* |h-ii|>Ii-. A KJxth auilitiritv 1 tak«» tnnn tiu* Ancinvniu*« I{4i%(*iinx<%, hIio lK';:in^ hiH acufiinl (it* Britain in llirM* wunN. In iKVino imxi- (Icntali i*>t Insula t|ua' ijiiiim- iSritaniiia, ulii iilim ^fn^ t^ax- «)nuui \oni(*ii^ all anti«|na S.ixoni.t ruin |ihiK'i|M* f»i»i n<*ininfl Ani*i<« in cu iMlnian* \i**iiu* think thi» author li\ed in till* tiin«' ot' tli«* latii-r S.i\nn<», liiit I •«liiiiilil raiirr lM-lit-\c that III- li\(*«i in the tinir tit tin* Uninaii^* fur lir han iii«*ii* tiom^il Miiin* ol thfvr til\> aii'l •^tation^, A niakesi lm- ut tiitf wiiril oitrn li» ^i;:nit\<' a tinit> l«iii;: l'a*«t ; it i<», intinnl, !MMnf tiuit*!» UM-«I tu ^i;:nil\(' a tiim- lal<-i\ pa^^t, hut thi* tliM> lUiC !Mt*in t«i U* tin* M'lit*!' ot tli«' aiitiiMr, iNrauM* u( the hiM H«inb rum |irin«*i|M* huo Aui i« in ra lialMi.iri- lidrtur/ A M'\«'iith authi»nl\ iii.i\ U* t.ik«*n t'min llit- i»iot I'lau- iliaiiu^. wJiiTi' 111- '•av^. III I\ini-;;. I. liniiorii C'cui^ulat^ \. •U. iiri'Mflt-* iiii'.k .1.1 I'll t-if ill. •ji.^'u.itr I iiult- III n- It i« r\if|i-nt th.it (Mnuluii riliiil tho««* >a\fin« w1m> inlial** itiij till' t >rkii«*\ ». A itnliiil triiiit th.it tiiin- th«- |itM|ik- tiK*rv««f «|MMk .1 iffiitliii'k lan;;n.i:;i-.' .iiH«. .^uiNh-jk, (\ NiinKi;;iaii« t«i tlii« i|.i\ : \iM, i-vi'ii till' am II III itiiiih k, «*iiiit tiiti«*« tnllmi iIh* l.!ti jii.i l%t:iii« |.i\*iriira hiti, u|ii<-|i ' If !:•« All- li ll.»%rt,|i.i» I % \r.- . Ill- 4- • llif,^ •• •■,» ^A\->ri iCtv li»al ri'»* M t:.t-cople among the Gennans which is observed by Ca»sar 1. 3, de Bell" Gall". Quibus ne Dii quidem pares esse possunt immortales. III. The third I mentioned was to describe what the antient Celta' were, ii how far some of them were understood to be the Galli, i^ how those &alli were understood to be distinguished among tliemselves. All the ancient historians iV ;;eographors, particularly Hero- dotus, Dio Mela, 6i others more modfrn seem to favor the opinion of Cluverius as to the extent of the (Vltick nations; but of all others 1 think tho ancient Gauls seem to be the |KK>ple who went most under that name. Strabo distingui^he8 tho Galli into three nations, the Celtick, the Aquitani, ^ Uelga.', iV says tliat iu their language they differed very little 'oAA' ivU^ /aia^p irofMiXAoV- Tovrat: rci/c yXutTTat^y but whether or not all those three nations, as Cluverius ;isserts, s{>oke the German language I aw much in doubt ; however, as to the Belg» 1 make no question but they 34ri MISCKLLASEOUH rORRE-SPOynEMCB. had a latipi.i;;o amoiipit thrm zs murh (f«*nnan a« they rally have in tliin da v. TIiom* were prohalilv the Galli who, ill the tiiiio nt Julius (*:i*sar, ]\:ul |Ml^!^•lk^i«|fl of the coa»t of Hritnin, uliirli wi*nt uiuiiT tlir nnnif of Littora Saxonira. As t<» the ( Vltic (tauln k thf»«4' of A<|uitain, I rather ineline t«> think that« nntwitliMandiii;^' Sirahiii the Hi-I:;:r, A that V4T, I d«i not intend to carry the point mi high, hut will riMtiily aeknowh>«l;;e that a diHrrent lanpiaf!e, vix., that of Ireland, (*f»rnwa!, \V:d«*«». A th«* IIi;;liLnfi^ of ScotUmnd, took |»la(v antiently in I Britain, thou^rh I lM*lif\(* it extended itaelf very litth* Lirther at that tune than i( «!i'i<« at t!ii« day. i. oonar- (|uently had no pretence to U* c^allnl th«' I.iii;:ua Hritannicm. In the mean time it may In* nr«*«*^^Mry to i^hew, in a few inMaiie«>%, tli<* affinity that i^a^ hetwt'i-n thf (falliek k German lan::ua;:e« under the Homaii empin-, «4i that trout thence we may nith iMinie certainty omrlude uhctlu-r or ni>t it hatl any n*laticin t;;in uith the Wuni Solduri«M, mentionrtl by «luliu« t 'a*<«ar, hh. 3. «le Uell (rail . Alia ex |iarte o|i|»idi Adeantiianu^ i um |h devoti« i|Uo« illi %i»lduri(M a|»|«*llant, 4c» Sildurii'" no d^iuht rouh-^ from the pre^'Ut G(*ruian word nokla* t«'n, uhieh *i;:nif\e«i •MiuMier^. A |i«»*%il»ly t '.VNir wrote aoMarioA, uhi«*li Hiiuld have lirt*u;:ht it iie.inT the Hnfii Mihlaten. Wo ktep tli« y\* rd Minltlieni in nur ili ilec't, A tip' Frtnt*h %»y M>klat, hut it i« e\i — l*t «|uiiii|ue am|ili%fiimu« e«t. piuritntA circwnaa amha(-t, to signifye marie, or, :is the Germans call it, margel. His wonls arc — Alia est ratio (|uam Britaimia et Gallia invenere alendi tcrram, t|U(Kl L'enus vocant margam. Marga comes likewise IVoin another German word, marg, medulla, which signifycs marrow, for what marrow is to the bones, they thought marlo was to the earth. Becco. among the Gauls, signifyed the neb of a fowl, A*, therefore, we have these words in Suetonius in vit. Vit4»I. cap. 1^. Antonio primo, Tolosa*, nato, cognomen in pueriti& boeco " Aa till* word in the ancient Unjriiatre •iimifjes a faithfun terrant. the prcMMit si^Miihcation nf a trade in the low Dutch most hare been taken from that, and not e coctrario. — K. O. Vide GrrvjMi Beeani 0rifimes. 348 MiSCTLLASROtrs r rrtainn Mill the Nktnv M>n(*<* ill tlir Italian : A: in Klamicm \. llollanti thrv »till kiN'p lh<* \yttrd Imt, «V in Kn;:lan(l l»oak, & if I ini«tako not thr WVNh have iNirmwiil their won! |>i^ fnnn it, which denoCea rostrum. All thi» alitivo-mrntiiini'vi wonU hav«* Uvn noii«'«Hl h\ othfr», but 1 »hall acid twi» or thriN* niorr, tho derivation^ of whirb may pniluMv \h* thon^ht us well fnufidod as thoM* ni«*ntioneii. Siifloniu.H, in vit. •lul. ( a*>. w 24, t:ikf» not in* of a I^-;;ion whirh ( a->ar had rained anii. aet*e|N*rat alia^ pii\ato sumptii addhlit. imam etiam vx Tnin«al|>ini« M-rijitam, vcM'al)uli> (]iio«|ue (lallieo, alauda rnim a|>|Ndlatatur. i'iren* take^ noti«-e of the same I^'pon, Kpist. M, ad. Attir. I. Ifi. Antoniu^ mm lepnne ahiiniarum a«l urlicin |ionenit. lie dim not (*all it alauda in the sin;nilar nunilK*r, but UsO!« a L:itinized pluraU truni uhieh I eonjtvture that the Honl %va^ alK^uiden, a w«inl «>till U'^iil in I'1andi*r<' A H«»lland to Mg- nifye all t>ld «'\|MTien«-«-«i men, as if thi* I^t^f^iun had U*en coin- jMiM^i iif olii vi'teran s^mldier^ i^lm had Ini-n in th** nnlitarv M-r^iiv U'fore. I kn«iu that Salma'>iu«, ( 'asaiibon. A I*iti4«'U» derive the hopI tmrn the hinl alauda. i^hiih M;:nifyc« a l.irk, bivaUM* |Ni%!«ihly, *ay tlie\, thi* I^-piai wtirc erintod ea|«»,or hri- met.<*, in n»*M-mlil.inei' nt tlii« hinl, l*iit I lirlieve that Caiuir would not haw- ;;iveii mi Mitt a name tu a (feniian i»r (lallir |jrp«»n, for it he Ihid eho*en In rail it fitter the (teriiian name «»f a lark, lie inu«t lia\e «-alitii it h-nhe,'* nr a \««inl that in sound lia» no relatinn to the name it Imih . Another Hi»r«l. whirh I take to U- Inith (tirnian A Knjli*li tn tliis d.i\ , i« uh;it i« m«-iitii>ncii|Uiiii iii*tabili- in ^iiij^lia ni*i t|tiiN| m ('«'iiiii.iiiii 111 rill. in. liilunt. id i-^t lerram niatn-m. Tlie tfermati*. Im- «a\«. p in rali\ wiir«hi|>|«tl the earth a* a ;;nii- di-»sf, uiiiier iIm n.imt nt lii-rtlm. The nM (lennan murd to ai;;nit%e tin- «arth Ma« < rdi , A hc m S-nttlaiiil retain a woni stdl ntMn r it y^luu «%«■ i .ill tin- i arth the \erti. The Bel^ic II V I itiia aUtui .\!aul« t* iAk« n fr>«a ii- r«i|iiut liecaaa* ^r hia Mil buuk uf liirf\i|;i||ihioi ilc Alaad« — M (• W. STUKELET AND OTHERS. 349 Grauls, no doubt, introduced this word into Britain long before the last race of the Saxons of the 5th centur)', when we see, in the time of Tacitus, that Hertha was the Latinised name for erde, & if we take out the two h.h. in Hertha there will remain erta, which was the bringing it as near the German name as it could well be. A third word which I notice is Spams, from Virgil, lib. 11, 682. — Agrestisque manus armat sparus, & the same word is used both by Salustius in Bello Catilinario, & by Cicero in Orat. pro Milone. It was acknowledged by Festus, & others, as a Gallick or German word to signify jacuhim, & the name of it is retained to this day, for in the German language it is called sparre, or sperre, & by us in English Saxon spear. These words, Balteus & Framea have been mentioned by tlic classics, the first by Virgil, -dEVi., lib. 12, 941. Infelix hamero cam appaniit ingens Balteus, The last by Tacitus de niorib. Grermanor. Both of them are acknowledged to be of German or Gallic original. We retain the word belt in the same signifirntiou with balteus. The old Scots of the Pictish race called it a bend, which is still nearer the Saxon word a band. This likewise seems to fortifye my opinion very much that the German & Gallick lahguages were very near the same, in reguanl there is not one word I know of mentioned by any Roman author as a Gallick word which dus not evidently remain Grerman to this day. But further to ^bew the relation that was between the Latin &, German or the Greek & German, I shall, for a specimen, subjoyn some words in all these tlin»e languages, which may scr\'e to prove that they are derived from one another, so that the onely remaining question will be how to determine in point of antiquity amongst tliem. The German word art *^ is in Latin ars, & in English art ; the German auge is in Latin oculus ; the German word bart is in Latin barba, in English tlie beard ; the German vater is in Latin pater, in Greek warnpy in English father; the German muter, is in Latin mater, in Gnsek ;ii|r^, &, in English *" I don*t find Art in the German for Ars, the present word it KiiDit,~R. O. 35iti'l i'^ in l^iUn «M|Hit. in .itin i-flla ; tlu* ((i.H ; tht* (icrninii kriMino i^ in I^sitin <*iin>na ; thf (irrnian n^^i'l in in I^tin unp-ln^. in tin* iint^k ay^tXut:^ ni Kn;;ii«h anp'I. Hut it %inuM tilt a \i»Unnr to «'innnrrat«* uli tin* ui^ni* <«f this iMirt, ^, thi'tt'tiirr, I |m^m' thcMn with thi?* «)h-*4'r nation on«*ly, tliat Hhati'vcr u to lit? GaHirk «ir Grrnian m«ti* hki*uiM> unii«T*tUMMl tn b<* ( *i'lti«'k. A. tko rt*aM)n na« UvauM' ihry h:i«i not Mioh a |NTtci't kni»wlMi;;f* nl* tht-yr nri^rhUir^ a^n t«) In- ahlr to ju«i^r oftlu^yr lanpia;*i-». TIh-v a('(-i»nnt«-tl all hut tiir (rnt-k, I'arhari. f*«|N-<*i:iliy thi* natiiin^ that inhuiiitiil till* i*iaintir\!» im tin* north ^i!ft, iIk* it niav a|i|N-:ir nion* than |*rnli;ilili*, .1^ I have tiotiirt* (iIimt^ihI, thit tin* C(*liick (lalii s|Mikf' a (hflrri-nt lan;;ua^<- tnun tht- !(< l;;iok A tU' UcnnanH ; tin* t\%i* hi'^t n.itiiin^ Ht-n* ct*rtainlv lc*?i«4* known to tin* U(Mii:in^, «V on that a«(*iiunl M*vrral of tli«-\r woni«* %»rn- in- triMlni*iNi iiitn till- I^itin huii;uajf. It j«i allowiil l>v ail tliat the l{onian« ^'ttiMJ tir%t ainoni'^t iIh* (iauU, or nrar tlirni. then— tiiri* it i«> priihai'tf that, in titr int'in<-\ of the Kr|iulilii-k. many nf tiieM* ifullirk tir tttrniaii ui»nU lH*<*:iint* nci'i'^^arv lor (lic-ni. Hut ti> return tn (Ih* lii'^tinction** UH*ii anmn^M the ttauU, there wi'iv A^iatiek tialii. a« %»ell a« Kuro|M*:in, wi that in ■ntirnt tinie« it unulil mn m th.it tin* crnrral wonl Galli wa« in o|»)Mi<«itinii til tho >c-\tli;e. uliii HfTi' «ai4l to lia\t' iiiliNhiti^l all iIm* norihi-ni iiarti ■•» r.iiri>)H- A A*i.i.'* |\. Ihi- fiiurtli hf-.i«l I |it 'jiiiMil 111 tlii« lU'jU'ix ua« |ti •-lieH till' ;:reat aiitii|iiity ••! tin- (ti-riii'in lan;:ua::i\ A that it na^ niii* \er*all\ reo«in-l h\ tlh- tarr ::rrati *t part ot'tli* < Vlli«-k nati^tn*. I ha\e alrea«ly nia«li- :i|i|«Mr uh.it tlii« l.ni;:iia:.'e «ra« a>Hiut x\fc Hr*t af^iii of i*hri«ti init\ . A mImI** the Konian |M»Hrr pr«*vaile«l in liritain, hut 111 onliT to |»nii«- that tin* <«anM* wa* tU* 1 in;»ii'*J!«^* «*f the Hritanni ioii;: U'ton- that ti'ih-, i niu<»t n-tiTr t^i t 'lu\i*riu* tit* ** iiallat til tKr i«rrin*n ar.^ru^-'- ■!■ ti-4« • VcT*XT\t ut (|«i aliaa a i» hacvaa baUt. biDC Uallii* Vitk kiiiwiuai lu vcrbu WaIa.— U. U. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 351 Antiqu& GcrmaDifi, & rest its antiquity upon the presumption that since it was a settled & established language, about the fore- said time, it was likewise such many ages before. The author above mentioned makes the Celtae to have been the inhabitants of these five countreys — Illyricum, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, & Britannia, & endeavors to prove that they all spoke the same language, which he makes the Germanick, & that they differed amongst themselves onely in dialects, as is the case amongst the Teutonick nations at this day. Bodinus, a French author, differs so far from Cluverius as that he makes the language of the Cclta? to have been the Gallick, but as I apprehend both these authors have been carryed a little too farr by a partiality for theyr own countrey, & 'tis more probable that there was a material differ- ence between the German & Gallo-Celtick language, as we find it at present, with such alterations as time, neighborhood, & com- merce have introduced. Lancruanres mav be said to differ from one another intirclv when the general idiom, grammatical construction, or composi- tion of the words & phrases arc diftorent, whereas languages differ onely in dialect by the alteration of letters, as for instanoey T for D, V for F, and the like, :is is the case of a multitude of words that are both German k English. There are words aris- ing from Nature itself, & are common to many languages, as Pappa & Mamma, with words that iniitsite the voices iSc sounds of animals; but where the names of near relations arc the same, or differ onely in a few letters, wc may conclude that the language:! in which tliev are found arc the same, k that where thev are not the same, the languages are quite different. The wonls I con- descend on are Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Si>ter, and Brother ; in the old Si present high German language they are — Vater, Mutter, Sohn, Tochter, Bruder, Scliwestcr, & in the Belgick, or low Dutch, whence* we had them, they come much nearer, viz., Vader, Moeder, Zoon, Dochter, Brooderi Zustcr, but very different are these words in Welch, according to LIuyd's Comparative Vocabulary, Tad, Mam, Mab, Merx, Brand, Xuaer, from whence we may safely conclude that not onely the English k the Grerman are the same, but likewise all the nortliem languages of Euro{K), except the Irish or Welch, 352 ICI8CELLAinE0(*8 whioli wn call tin* (rall(>-C<»ltirk l.in;^a^o, upokcn in (iifTcrrnt dinlivtii hv M)ini> ot tli«' iiiliahitantji of NormaiKlv in Franc**, Kisoay in Spain, in the kin^rdnm of In*lan|iear, k tbc noare relation it hn«» liail t k funeral Cf*n*monyii, for nio?*t of all the Euro|ifan inhal»itnnt» worahip|ietl lcK*aII 4lcit\», A: en*ct<*«I altars to them ; inM<«t of them hunit the lioilit*!! of th4»«e dead who were CKtremeil :dM)ve the vulpir, «V tlM*ir a«lir« wen* put into urnii, vime of ;:(»ltl, iittine of »ilver. A: Mime of lira«««*, clay, k f;laA*M\ of all whi(*h a ^mmI numU'r may lie kn-u in the CaliinetA of the Curi«»u». TIh-^* tunerall riti*^ wen* exactly etm- fnrmahle to thk plaani»*, Sw<««le*, A N«»rwr^»i4n!». All tlicM* cu^tomi*^ rontinueil till tin* intrmluetioii u\ < 1iri«ttanit\ , k the U*lit*f of 4 n*^um^c- tion; for ('hriMtan^ tli<»tii;ht it ah^unl to de^tmv tliom* UmK* Lv fire which mi:;ht e%erv nionirnt In* calltMl on at tlie Ija«t Ibv. V. 1 am nftw to i^hew, undi-r the fifth hcmd, tlut in all ap-ti it w:if. th** I«atin in tin* middle, k i\w Oallick on the north iiide tie\t to tlie AI|m, took |ilacc at one 4 ibe name time. In Uallia tlie iitvrk ai llaracika (vbcfiD llicra W. STUKELEY AND OTHEUS. 353 was a Graecian colony) the Celtick, Armorick, & Gallo-Belgick were in use. In Germany there might be different dialects, but the language was probably the same, & which was owing, no doubt, to the rea**ons which Tacitus gives de Mor. Gerin. — Eorum opinionibus accedo qui Germaniae populos nullis aliarum gentium connubiis mfectos, propriam, et sinceram et tantum sui similem out his time, in the 8th or 9th century, God was worshipi>ed by the inhabitants of Britain in five dif- ferent languages; his words are — Quinque linguis unam ean- dcimjue summa; veritatis scientiam scrutari et eonfitori Britan- niam.* And from these Buchanan, in lib. 2, Histor., endeavors to prove that the language of the Picti v\: Britanni wore different, tlie words following in Bcde, where he reckons uj) the five lan- guages, being — Anglorum. Scot<»rum, Pictorum, Britonum, et Latinorum ; but I think we mav with ;rreater certaintv fall in with the opinion he has given in his first book, that some of the five languages mentioned by Bede were but different dialects of the same tongue, k of this kind I doubt not the language of the Angli & Picti, & those of tlu» Bri tones A: Scoti were. It is observed, likewise, by Buchanan that tlie inliabitants of the Orkneys spoke the s;une old Saxoli or Gotliick language, therefore it cannot Ix* doubted but that tht>se who inhabited the coasts of the Fretum Pictorum s[)oke the same. A:, eons<'<|uently, this was the true A: gi*nuin langu;ige of the Picts — that |)eopIe who inhabiti'd the coasts of Scotland op|>ositi> to Denmark i^ the northern parts of Germany. The authoritv of Amnn'anus Marceliinus, w)io divided the |ieople of north Britain into the Picti, Saxoues, Scoti, nti4inii fire nutionn, tlie Eutflish, Britonis Scota. I'ictn, and LatioN eacli in its own peculiar dialect cultirating the sublime study of Dirine truth/'— tf»/r#'« Edition, 1840. |.. 7. X 354 illSlCCLUlNCOUA rORRKsroyPEHCC cotti, I take to bo of no pr«*at oui?wH]uein'<» in n »trmnjr«T ; f«»r lir mi^ht aA warta of th«* inland ; but he chose a part for tin* whole, &. naya lhi»y wore very tri»ulJ«»i*«»nir to the Hriti>n^ — vrx.neninl Britannoft. Under thi^ p*noral nanii*, no doubt, he coinfire- hendt-d all the liritanni who lired on the louth Aide of tiic Roman wall built by Anti»ninu!« PiuA, lM*tween tin* rivrr^ Fi>rth k Clyde, A on Uie north of tho wall built bv Hadrian or S«*ventft between Solwav Frith k tlw rivrr Tvne. Howevrr, errn thi* citation from Am. Marccllinu^ fumiAhen an ar;^ment that amongst the Ticti, aUiut tin* .'ini A 4tli Of>nturk'A, there li%-rti a people on tlio north aidetk of the Iloman wall a that were ralleil Saxoiiea; a people different fnun tin* lattrr Saxones who invaded England in the 5th c«*ntury. VI. I ahall now conAJdor, in the Aixth plat^e, the reaAona that induced the Welch writrrn to Ix-lio^'c that their lan^'ua^re waa the old Lingua Britannica. Their chief reaAon waa, a« I take it, the authority of the Monkish writem in the Bth, 7th, k ^th reiH turyA, aA GilfiuA, Nenniu^, AMeriu!«, li«*ila, k otiien. All these found in tlieir tinicA a n«*w rai^* of Saxons in |ia«M*«Aion of tlie princi|Hd |MirU of En;;laiid, \ that a |ieo|»h' li«'eii in tin* inacrr«- aibic mountaiiiA of WaUu, wliom thev t«M»k Ut be the antienl Britanni, driven bv thr ^axoni* tr<»iii their n«ti\e (x>untrev. So far, indeed, it may be allow i*^! that tli<*Ae people in \Vak*a wrre« aa to their antiquity, a Kind of lndi;;rna% but they liad no mora title iu lie called tlie Bniaiiiii ilian Buolian:urA Scnti pri^ci, vibu inhabited the wild niMiiiii.iinn of th*- Hi;;hlaiuU in S<«ittland. If thcM) wnt4*rii had ('«iii«»it|i-r«ii lli<- nulliT iiii|mrti.dl\, «V «iith a AmatI %liare of attention, iIh\ iiii;;|it haw tli«Ci»vi*ri'ii that a f«-w Hritoii^ takin;: «h« Itt r in \Vali-« r«iuld m-vi-r hu^e intriRliirt^ with tlMMu a ni*w laiigtup . A I irr h-MK? h:i%i* t'Xtin;;ui«lM^I thai uf their own rotmtrry ; fnr witlnait f|Ui-«tifin, tliou^'h llNI/OI Brit'in* hid Irft th«%r own i-«»untrev. ]f or A milliRUesriii tlio SaN«iii, \%hi('ii (iiuM im ntlitTwav^ ii:i)i|4*u tiuii from tho nci;;hlM»rht>iHl of tlio«»i- \%ho •>|Hik«* tlit* S.imhi l4ri;;n:i;.*i*, vet we «till find a Autfirii'iirv of wurd** to hhcw tli;it it wa«. a« it null iit, a quite difTrrfnt laii;,Mi:i;:«'- VII. Till* la^t tliiii;: prtijMiM'vl wan tn «lii*«r liy what in«Mri* Torv con^idomhlo nlti*mtii»ii« Itavi* U'^'ti iritroduttil into tin* Uti- ^a;:c of Un^at Britain. \Vi* m.iy all •^h*^ from a ;n^*at niulti- tutle of Saxon u'ritiii;;^ iV Kii;:Ii«»li nioiiuni«*nt« A; uinna.«tic^ riH^ordft puliliilH^I hy Pr lii«'kf«. ulnt tin* Kn:;li«ii Saxon %iai« aliout tlio ^tli, i*th, Hull, A «nli^*«|nfnt i-rntury^, but wr an* l<-U onrlv to cufM at what it wa« in tlir !tx\\ ci*ntur\', when tb«* laal race of the S:ixon^ invatUil Kn::latid. I timkr no d Imu tlif\ (liiild liavr li\<*d 4* Ml %«*ar« m Britain without intnMliK'iii:: ^hiii' «it' tlnir utird« initi our Ian* :rnaif«* aftrr th«>ni ; tlifn* ran In* im» df»iil>l litit the S.ixim^ torui^ a kiiitl of* a n«*M diahi*( ;inititi:;«t ii«. ul ii-ii raiiit* atitTwanU to rtveni* ^mie alti*ratitiii«» tmin tin* |)an«<»^ N«*niianK : nior«* Iroiii an inen-a«4' n;; flu* 4«ia«t^ Mt' tt4Tnian\ A tlie h»w t^vuintreva. Bui the farther wr ^jn hark iiilo I lit- Kn;;h^h, or rather, |ii-rlui|ai, the old Itiw St*«itti»h laiirii.i;^'!-, tin* lr«M* ( d<*iili(. •iiti i- iln- I iiifii i>t tin < riiwn«. lM*in fndoa%orin|» to |Mili*ih mir l.n ;jn.i^'t . at )• a«t In iiukr it in«*rt* ottifitrtiKibh* ti» til. if of* liiir li* :;i.i«ir'* in Kii.'Iaihl. loit H an%» ImhIv will t.ik«> till* frtiiiiilf t.i i..i.| Bi.n.i ||.irr%*» Lif«* *»t >ir Will. Walla«i'. or Bi-lii»ii ti.oi'i l>»iu.'la*M'*i»^ Vir* iL ihev will ' \:!iiii^i tk'.'- :>•• It . .t' « r .- • W'l '• .an tr m lli> t^^Mn — K U ' liAW.n t.r *'»*% I l> .|: ft* « • ■ \ : .■ m fi. f.«r: .•( An^u*. mmm |li»kn|i nf t>wi>ki •! •'•.! t.. I I t'.r r . I. «■ •. I . f \i. r-r-':. . k lb*rn •! Hrtrhin. 11?^ ; iIm^I IJ/.' He tfMi*>atoi \ir»>. • .ft.u« nt. n.r tir*t lrMi*'AtKii. hmUc ul •< •■Ibuff inlu Afijr Hriliali imi^ut — /Arf..*. |. ,^i W. STUKELKY AND OTHERS. 357 discover many words that have not been changed for better, & some tliat have a great deal more beauty \' energy iu them than those we find in our present poetry/ But to dip no further into this matter than mcerly the sound & gratification of our ears, it is imjjossible for me to discern more beauty in this for dw, in (he for diey or in that for dat ; nor in the following words : — father, mother, brother, sister, earth, much, & such, for vader, mooder, brooder, zuster, erdc^ mickle, &c., but it would be irksome to carry the comparison furthei*. Custome, as in matters of dresse, gives a beauty to words, yet such as cannot be supported by the best reasons. Thus I have shewn, as fir as the nature of the thing can admit of, th;itthoUi;Ii the hniffua^ze which Mr. Lluvd treats as the Lingua Britannica may b<», & no doubt was, one of the autient languages of Great Britain, iV: though the language of the inhabit- ants of the Highlands of Scottland may have the same claim, yet tin's Gallo-Celtic language has no pretence to be called the antient ]5ritisli lan;^uai:e, for that more than three-fourths of the inhabi- tants of this ishind spoke antiently the Saxon or old German tongue, the genuin parent of what the people of Great Britain, by the same proiK)rtion, speak at this day. However, I pretend not to carry even the antiquity of this language much beyond the time of Julius (';esar, for if anv body pleases to think that in more remote ages the )>eople of Great Britain spoke uniformly either the Irish, Welch, or any other sort than the old Saxon, I will not orter anything to the contniry. John Clerk, 1742. ( 'XVI. FicoM Dk. Stukklky to Rogkk Galk : A Desciuption MF A PoLYlTS Wi>UM, AN1> SlH HaNS SLOAN's INTENTION (»F SKITLING HIS JIt*S-*:UM. — H. C Gloeestr. Strwt, Apr. 14, 1743. Dear Sir, I thank you for your last kind letter, my Lord Chancellor * Tl»r Minif may l»c hai»l of tlie nurtlicni and »<>ut)ieni dUIrctf nom- u»ed in Kii'jlanii. All ilic od«l unuhunl wordn in the fc»rmcr beinjr ob»<>l«te Saxon and Danish. l>ut (rcncmlly cxi>rfMiiTC more than tboMc that Ua?e MCCevUcd, or arc lost in the Bouthcm. — K. G. .ViH UIM'RI.l.ANK'il's ( oKU^>ruNUC2ICB. & Hoinc iiioro have rrad it, K well plt^scd. I iihowt*<| him what you wn>to conr<*rnin^ my account of hit neighbour KnisiA. He wan not content till ho hnd r<*am Hol- land. We find all trut* which ha« lN*«*n Hain the Poly pu ft, th«*y h:ive lately found tlie creature in Haekticy ntar^hcH; I douht na it full throughout: every rlf>M*t A: chimney with boi»k«, raritya, &c. He de^i^na to M*ttle l»(Hl/. p aiin ground renti», with the lifMj«e k library, A:c., on the pnhliek, pnA-idtHl they |ay bin e\ecuti>ri 30,CKlitf. I am, youn», W. SrrKr.LBY* CXVII. U.KiKii Gaik '•tmtiik Rcy. Dr. SrrkFLrr."— H. F. St. J. Scniton, May 2(Hh, 1743. Dear I>octi»r, I am very glad \onr triennial |M*ri*;Tinatii>n to Lombm liaa turnini <»ut «4> inu« h tn \our «ati«f.ieti(m as vuu <'\|»re«M*. A Vim don't think vt>u ha%c lt»«t v, thongh hitherto \on h.i\c had n«i great Mieeei^M* in your pur«Mil«. For ni\ |*;irt I am a^ much pl«*a««nt that I ha\e not Uvn dra;;c«*«l out ot in\ Miliiudi- ; A it' t*\er I fkliowot a wdling* nerinciples, A' am rejoiced to find you give us a repeated promise of a third part ; next winter I hope you will I)erform it. This evening I expect Dr. Pocock from York. Is not the work pro|>osed by Seignor Ugolini a new edition onely of Gnvvius & Grouovius's Thesaurus, or a new collection of the s;une bulk ? 1 believe the fbnner, having heard something of it 5 or 6 years ago. I have been ver}' busy in ordering my study, & making an exact catalogue of the books, a drye, tedious piece of slavery, God wott, but I have now finished it alpliabetically, so that I can call any of my old leathern coats down verj- readily whenever I please, & enjoy his c*»mpany as my fancy directs. You may I>erhaps think I have much nn's|K'nt my time, 6i been at all these pains to little pur]>ose ; but many a tedious hour has it helpt me off with, 6i I flatter myself that many more will slide away with great ))leasure, at h'ast with \essv uncasynesse, by their assistance. Seneca shall be my voucher that I do not promise myself this without reason, when he tells us — si te ad ea studia revocaTeris, oinne vita; fastigium effugeris, nee noctem fieri optabis fastigio Incis ; nee tibi gravis eris, nee aliis supervacuus. Probatum est. I must own tliat the fate of some magnifioent collections that we have seen of late might detcrr any one from being at the expence Si troiililr o*' n*»^«-itililiiii: a luiinrniu^ arinv of atitli«»r« : tli«*ir Ir^ioii^ in(l(*4*t' tlir Iii'Ifh tti tlifiii MNiri cauM**! tlioir (iiv^i|>atiori ; ininr indccMl werr iim^t nt iIm-iii raiMnl to mv haii inailo ciiit tif tb<*in, liavt* ri*dui*«Hl the will tic* tn a iiiiMlrrati* Imlk, iV it' 1 can coiiimami tlioiii A ii«o tlii'iii an Itm^ a« I am mi thi> f^idc (it* tin* ^avi*. Cjiii tin' |)la;:u(* H* To :h«' rra^Hi'' I 'Sam* iM-turt* a:;ainM niv taking; a jonrncv thi^ ^uuinicr a^ t.irr a« Stanturd, I lia\c ^*%tTall nnifi* to add ; oin* ot' the f».iiiii* iiaturr a^ tli;it uhich ri*«|uirc«» \onr atti*ndntMv at hoiiif, liiiiltliii^ ; h.ixiu;: a trii.iiit* Ii«ium' at AvM*ou;;ii/ aldiut 3 niilc^ **\\\ that iiMf^t 1m' rit«l:t\iil. A c.mntit In* Ih*;:uii lur \%ant ol* Iriik*, llii* !•' in-::lit ^!r. C'mw i« iiiiin* to Kiplin:.*; Mr. Ncal uritc^ iiic %««•;•! In* \%ill U* at Ni'^ln a« MN>n [a«] Mr^ It«'\i*l\ ran U* Hi'Il inMU;:li to tra\cl ; A %«ci kl\ nnctin*'!* alMHit our t)irn|»ikt' iM'tMit-ii n<»rrMU;;hliri«lp* A IVn-chridp*, will tiir- ni^h lilt' Midi ^> ni.iiiv d«iiiii-«»ii«- ii»urnt*\« tu ««•- mv frirfiiU, A takr u;;Ii, without ;:itiii.' t.trr iti t«-tr!i it : A li.iii;f j«iurrit*\ th:«> mhm- iiiti. ! ir.d r.iiitj * •^j.t.n' ! ';.i\. )H«iitini«lit \*\ flii« time. .\'> tin* riMil tM I*. r« j-.iitiil run** t«ir M*\iral mi!<-« U|«*ii tin* KtiM' II »tri<'t. It i« iM't iii.p'i.li. Mr "Ninn' anti<|uit\« nia\ 4*:i*'t up in tli^jjiii;;, fi\rr \% hii ii I ^1 .ill h.i\i* .i watrhtiill e%e. tlM*U;;li I d«*ti't (Xjatt au\iii:n;; like what :i|<|iean*i was the mausola^um erected for the family u|>oii an cmiiu*nce in the park, on a truly Roman se])uk'hral nioilcl, iV' I'Xtx'Uted in a most elegant tast, so that in some manner it may allso be called an anti(|ue. The up|)er part, to which you mount by a tlouble ascent of ste|)(i, is a rotunda church, the h)wer consists of two cin*les. in the walls of which are formed 62 ollaria for the reception of ct»ffins, to be cluseit Rippon, Studley, A: other places in those parts, to-morrow morning iV* make a 'A days' ramble of it. I rejoice t4> hear that you have a temptation to come once more into these part, iV ho|>e I shall continue well enough to attend you to Shap, which I flatt<*r myself will lumish you with so mueh confirmation of your thoughts u|ion tlit*se K*r|)entine momnntMits as soon after to proi|)ila Mxa [ Virp.^ Aln, v., niore| but now one of the finest rtmd^ in En^^land, l>y liflpof a turnpike, irectrd this summer ; it wa^ a nve«l, but nH>»t U*auti- fully rt*{iain*d. I bad a letter not Ion;: ^f^*"* from my rosin Wm. Gale, aliuui thf [)ccli;;ree you ha%'r mh-ii in hi.** f:itlMT*s Uxik, k hi^ ;;ranilfatber fi>rmerly M*nt it to mo, or at Itsi^t ^n^at part of it ; I i*anoot «ay all, iNTau!^ I do ntii find the Marv Gale in it that marrved m Stukely, nor her M^t<*r that marriet tlM> latter |iart of it, which ha?i U*eii Mipplyiil by mr sinn*. Hi* will no duubt communicate it to vou, A: if vou will make it more com* pleat bv addim: the aliove mcnti«in«*tl Marv Gale, k mnx other impru\ement<* that (M*i-ur, I jklull U* much obliged Uy you fur it; as alltku for the account of mv father^ iIln<*«M* «1 death. V4*ur punishmrni of .Mickb* Hnitr' wouM lie tut> memfull for him, A: a« fa%-oruble a^ it in will bartlly U* putt in exei^ution u|ioo the wretch. I have writt«> to brother Sam to pru|Kiae to the Antitjuarian S«ic:ct\ th** publi^bin^ of a lar;;e drau;;ht of Arthur*a C>%en, a "thort (b*«< ription <»f %%liat it «%xn while »tandin;;i k m full aivonnt of it«» o^'crihniw, uhich %«ill not onely |>n-st*rve iu memory, but ^ti^muti/e it^ barb.irou% drnioli^her to all |iii*- ii*rilv. The «»wrllin|; in m\ le|;'« I.1M ^priii::, though now (|uite vanillic, ifi^r* me reaMin (o a\e extreamly welcome, till our return. You will see about 3 miles from this place, not the ruins, but, what is more htrange, the first rudiments of a Druid serpentine temple. Young Mr. Crow has been much studying your Abury, & has begun a plant- * Juhn Gale married Jane, eldcut daughter of John Frank, of Ptootcfnict. ntitiii of elm iu'va ii]M»ri tlj:it |ilan. Th«*n* uill U* tw*ft Ixhiy : tlif lirwl of iIh* •nak« will In' a nnin;; tumulus, plaiidNi with M-v«*r:il rowwn tht* hinln to {ni-k at them. I think mvM'lt*\(*rv ha|)|>v in not ha\in;: rlian;:tti m\ MaticHi^ all thiiii'^ ]>!.ijiil\ n-turnini: intii tln-ir «•!•! f h itin«-l in tin* aihiiini«- trulKHi ; «Sl tlu* cnjovnifUt ot' niv (juit'l iuTi-, \\ itiiout an> appn*- honf»i(»n ot a r(*m<»%'«*. i» Mime conMiIation tor thi* linu«t>of mv j*reaC friciul, now no nion*. I lontinuc* thank (mmI, \ery well A. ct>n» tent, wh:rli i.^ all the HuMunary ti'liiity we ran ex|ie«muii. Ijncmi. >hihk."— II. F. Si. J. I««ifi<|iin, Jan. 14, 174«V4. I)i»jir I^K'tor. >.iii • I li:n«-lM«ti «ii fltl.i?iir\ in n^t uritcin;.', I li«ti<* %'t*ii Mil! '^wr iiir :i r«':ii|ifi;; in tli«* nii-inhu* :il I' tmllill, nr w |i«*n \ tall t.ik' a lri«iirr turn in the IIi**|n riili-*i thin*. nirr% iLn.tlKii, I h.i\e ama«ar«l t";.*! tilt f ttir a n« w x rar'* l'IM tt» xonr^'lt A •'•trr a trtl'Utr tif |mN*r. w i\, A I* nnU, thn-** |innt«, oiir ••!' theni a |»n*^*nt f'niin Dr. l>uran*l, with hi« hinuMi- M*r\:r«'; *ti« iIh* |ieili;*rN*| UCrlv W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 365 recovered from a copper-plate here, formerly in the Museum Thoresbianum, — the rest are spices for madam's accaterv. They will be sent away next Wednesday, & along with a parcel from Mrs. Pollington. All the Neleans are well, except Mrs. Reveley, who is in a declining state at Islington. I was this week at An- caster House ubi omnia venalia etiam domus ipsa, so true is Horace's observation, Linquenda domus et tellus, & sometimes placcns uxor. [Ode xiv., lib. ii., line 21.] Heaven have mercy upon us if dukes sell theire houses, & dutchesses theire para- phernalia, what must become of us reptiles, or grasshoppers at best ? However, one daily sees how worldly grandeur lessens, & becomes even contemptible, in the view of a philosopher, non equidem invideo. I am just going up to Mount Hsemus, where we enjoy a serene air & a variety of conversation, & where, I suppose, I shall scarce ever be so happy as to meet you. In the interim I take the liberty to assure you that I am, dear Sir, Yours affectionately, S. Gale. Mv love to mv sister & barnes. Mr. Willys is in town, has just marrieil his daughter to Mr. Eyre, a clergyman in the west. A: contitnies as hungry & keen in the pursuit after tradesmen's halfpence as the Spaniards arc after the gold of Potosi. 0 curas hominum, &c. CXXI. Rkvii. Dk. Stukkley "to Samuel Gale, Esq., Bed- FOKI) How, HOLBORX, LoXDoK." — H. F. St. J. Stamford, 5 Jul., 1744. Dcarot Sir, Mv wife received vours, iV I heart ilv condole with vou in the lo>s of our great friend A: relation, your brother.' I own I exiM^ctinl it, for the great fidl he had 2 years agoc quite broke him. My wife says if he had lived to 27 S4*pt. next, be would have lieen <>l». He gare my wife <& I £10 apiece for mourning. Mrs. Gale wrote to us to notifv the unwelcome news. Hie dav liefore he dye^'er Gale, of Scraton. in tb<» stomach k I>owoIa, & liM been diin^roiiAiy to, but !• now K) fur rcr<>v<*nHl a« to lie out of (liin;;cr. Mn^ Gale Mja her husband dofli^s tii |>ay our £20 a« lUMin aji poaAaea ; we haye coaclies crywl f«»r Ixindon eyerj- day. We have lately du^ up several urnn at Stnmfoni — I Mieve Vni lioman, if not older, k Britiiih. One, an alabanter one, fonned like a barrel, which, bcin;; like Chyndonax, niakefi me think it a DruidV I iiaye got them. I Mw Sir l^enj. RawlinA, Mr. Ileveley, it more, in their |ia5saj;e. My wife commeng.-_H. F. St. J. Stamfoni, i« Aug., 1744. I)ean?9it Sir, Ilen*with come!» a hauncli of veni«(in t'rom the Duke of Anca«t«*r\ mn^t noMe juirk of Uriinf»tlMr|io. 1 l«e;; your acre|»t- unoe of it, A. tli-it you will In* iki kind a^ to iiivit«* my giMMl friend Mr. Jarkiton, of your ru«*tom Houm*, tti |artake. I«a>t Munday I had p'eat pleasure in seeing t 'rowland Abby, k iKiin at itJi moat di'^olule cundilion. The liurd Abbot of the plac^ did nie the honor to dine with me, Awe had a bottle of in* cotnparabh* fine .ile, k u^ \:tnit\ hri>ad a« evrr I rat in my life. Dr. Kiii;^hf, \ hi^ Mi«iii% Mr. r«Ni|i«>r. culhtl fin nn* in tlirir nuit to S'arlHiniu;:h. Tlie iKwtur told nn* it is one Parkvus** wh«» i« Hfitin;; iipiiri picaae, k to amuM* mv M-lf an well a* otlH*r», k did nut iMiitow morv |iainA than an* |iro|aer in «ueh ni.itfer«, I nhall not discompose mv self to answer ^ueh a sorry triflrr, wIni has nothing else to ive than to o>ntnidi(*t thtn^r* of no ini|M)rtance to mankind. Mv wife rrmembem her love. Master (*rved k his W. STtJKELEY AKb OTH£RS. 367 are just gone home. They came to see two ^and balls we bave hail, with pantomime entertainments, which have drawn abun- dance of company here. I long for you before the winter comes on. I am, heartily yours, W. Stdkelet. My most humble respects to Mrs. Jackson. CXXIII. The Rev. Dk. Stukelet "to Sahdel Gale, Esg., Bedford Row, Holbobn, London." — H. F. St. J. Stamford, 15 Oct, 1744. Dearest Sir, I received roum, & return my heartiest thanks for your liite kind visit. It would have hecu somewhat more entertain- ing to us both if you had but recovered your faculty of riding, 'tis the great pleasure that induces me to love the country', & prefer it to the glorys of London ; & I have had a good deal of it since you left us. I have been again at Bugden, to wait on the Bishop. I had 3 letters from bis Grace of Montagu, & waitml oil him the 2d day after his arrival at Bonghton. 1 staid 3 wt-ckit with him in the whole. One Sunday I preached before him; the othor.« lie |>eriiiittec) me to come home un promise to return on Mimday. His Grace's incomparable ^lod nature, & the gn'iit civililys ii respect he showed me, rendered my abode there mighty pleasing. In short, lie made me almoul the guvurnor of the place. Lunl Canligan was there too, who like- wisi- is c.Mromcly good natured. We rode out every day, & geiK'rully iwicc a day, in the fine ridings, forests, wuuds, vistos, iV {ilaiilations, which exceedingly out-do (."haiitiily, as the best judges declare. We couid ridi' 13 miles endwise in the Duke's, ii Ijord Cardigan's continued to them ; A: I duubt not but they will center :it one great huu»e at last, the Bnidenell's. I made the Duke a design" of a Gothic bridg with three arclirK, u temple in the middle ; 'tis to be built at the end of his gn-nt canal GO tiiut wide, in tlie |>ark, & will be scvd all the country round. The Duke is much pleased with it. " A (kctcli u[ this ileiiKn i* preD JD one of Dr. Stokvley'i Tolsma of (Inwingi in the pouewion of the Ber. H. K. Ht. 4oba. 36m MlHCRLLANKiirs ( oiCKE.>lt»M»i:NCC Sinoi' then I liavo Im^ii at Mr. Wvchf V, at Godobv, wbcre poor Vevk lyi»^ iiitortHl. Mr. Wvcho is a %*ory iiigeiiiou* |n^n tie- man, A: GfKlohy a |>lin|i;iiiA4*(l with h.ilf a (Kizrii fuhln of l>anda;;ei» about hi*» head, uridtT whic*h arc manv «m|>laAti*m, rt*roclotheK, liiiiimMit?*, «Vo.« (V(*. H<* iiMnl t4i t't>t*«l tb<* «h*«'r, who hail hi^ hom^ Mwii off for hi«» wirkolnt'^*! Iiot'on*. NrviTthrlfM, ht* attacked HcMimaii, cut 4i hoK*^ in tlic nkin of hi^ ht*aii, which were »tilcbt ui) aijain, ''^w him manv more rntt^tt hriii ct>mm«'iM*i*^ :i Merman of the place. Tlien I ilr*i;;n U» rnter u|M»n wiiitrr quartiT^, A; travel chii'fly the purlewA ot' my ^anlf*n. The I hike M*nt me home a delieatr marble >tatne ot* Flora, x* uliiti* a« milk, lar;^* a^ lifi>, well cutt, which 1% a |;reat ornament to my ;:anlon. Tljouph \ou ejn'l i*pi tht'M' Matut*^ at the Wf%t enil of (.'roy- land Ahhv, vet I intenil to M*ntl vmu a dr.iwin:: of them. I iirr- M'littxii tlrawin;^ of th«* eha[M*l at l^*thlttn liridi; many yearn a;;o to the Lite 4{U4^-n, whi'u prim-env Your *iMer |iniM'nt% \wr love to y K%trk" •*t«> Tiir Hcvu. Dr. StrKFLKT, at STAiiM»hi»." — H. F. St. J. Novr. Mi, 1744. Ilevnul. Sir, I lia%«' M*fn till' inixirl ol the brii|;;e at |l«iu;!ht«>n, 4 Jti think that if it Ha« 4*\(*i utol in that %it\ luannrr it wuM U* a |inMii;:u*, {Hej i iirii««. A fine thin;:; but aa t«> my \mn ilo fe«r tlir muciuHiia oi' the %%orke will |irf%-ent it. " Tt*"nia# Ariil J.i* | h f.myrr mrtr in pftr1rtcrilii|. «^ U ll-foyiMli-r* m 1717. Itail»«|wiii:,v Th«-mM r«lAMi«licU hiBiartf in Krtunnc. mmI Jvmrph •! N. Nfvto and LciCkvUf. W. STUKELKY AND OTHKHS. 369 As there is three arches pressing against each pillar, buttris, or leg, do think tlie f'orse i weight of them will make them fly out, unless preventetl by some art used in the arches. I have been looking out, k have got a scheme that will, I believe, pre- vent it, & reduce the arches nearly to a i)erpendicular bareing. But it's verv likelv vou or his Grace, the Duke of Montaoru, have had some such thoughts or designs. I am, Sir, Your most humb. ser^'ant, Tho. Eayre. CXXV. Ebene/.ku Smalwell " to the Revd. W. Stukeley, D.D., IN Stamford, Linxolnshire.'' — H. F. St. J. Lynn Regis, 10th JIarch, 1744-5. Worthy Sir, After mv comcinsr to Lyn from Stamfonl I have been into Norfolk among some friends, where I made it my business to enquire what 1 pronnsed, Ac, viz., about the Prel>endaries, but how manv I know not ; but one is in the ijift of the Master- ship of Caterhine Hall, Cambridge, & some is in the gift of the Dean er Wright, who got ihr Doctor to he Prelicnd at Nonvich, &c. I also enquired aftostor &. usurper, iV: am infonnrd he is often at daggers drawn against most of the learned part of mankind, though a man of no pub- lick or private caparity hinisflf, or merit. Yet when any thing is juiblished, or comrs out from any learned author of a good character of the C[lmrc]h of E[nglan]d, he then gives himself such lilnTties to cri!iri>e upon it, by the assistanc*e of T on the priest, and the popi'^h authors, they converse withal, for they mu>t both of them defend their niast«*r*8 cause on all occasions, for I understand the old Knight is verv bountiful to all creatures of this kind ; but I dare s:iy he will have no other iHlition, for he has lioen set on already for the last, and is now pretty well silenced, &c Y 370 MtSi-KLLANROrs RRF.*ipo!fncyrc Sir, it*« ini|M>ssililo I hhoukl be in»enMhlr of th<* infinite obligations I am inJrliti*tl to y«iu fur vour gocxlnoM to mc when at vour houM* at Stainlnnl, Ac. • • • • • Bt'Iiovi* inr, Sir, wiili ^n»at n'pird, to l»f , Vour ^lo^t olM*dient humble icrvAnt, Ebcnezrk Smalwelu CXXVI. Thf. Hkvp. Dr. STrKrxEV "?<> Samuel Gau^ Esg."— H. F. St. .1. Stanifonl, 20 Mar., 1744..S. l)can»st Sir, At la^^t, •^priii:: i** uttiii;:H of thr burk, but hi^ nrpln'W, nbo ha<» lnvti t«) %i«it u«. ba<« tVti|Ucnt n*turn?* of hi;* tit.*i, mi that Itnl* man «»tan\i«b* you an <*aMt*r hoFM* to ri finish the ilrav^in^ I il«-ikij;n f«ir you uf tin* He«t rnti-% of what v\vr fKX'ur« to \ou Id \intltt-atioii lit L.i'' iti I^iUflfii fi>r a mttk or t%i«i in Im«':iiii-iij I h.i%(* ^**iur Imijic let) Mill. I am. Your nio^t artt-rtifHiate, Wm. Sri'KBunr. W. STUKELEY AND OTHEl:S. 371 CXXVII. Jabies Brudenell to the Rev. Dr. Stukelet. — H. F. St. J. [Boughton], July 18, 1745. Dear Sir, I have tlie favor of yours, & am glad you had an oppor- tunity of tasting the Duke of Montagu's flummery, but coneeave you had not the pleasure of good Lord Cardigan's company, he beini<*turi*H at tin- I>uk«» i»r Hftltnni*^ 1ioiiim». Tlirv an* many A «'iiri«»iiv Wi-^lM-i'li, wv ^vASf^si Ky ll«*au|»n' lWr«» tiiiitw. I hi^IhhI tor tin* loH« of a lif)|M-riil yoiin^ frihiw. I><»wniiani: Ox- tii»n>ti^h, \vlit*rr I vit'Ufil my aiita«:'imi!it j Parkin^'^ lo;;;;orli^at lii<« IIIn*!, with wliicli I »liall divtrt tlir piililirk Hramlmi ; Mililfiiliall ; S4>ham, wIuti* I vir\%i"(l the tiitiihH of mv ''r.ithliiiiithiT*^ atiri»Htrv, th«* I)(»wmanl:i(*i*. Kly;*«. I ili'^irc (i«tir;;i- wonM rail then* now ji tluMi, whriirviT tht» S|M«aki*r i-* in tnwii ; h«' will ;ri\i» it him, A |>niy M*fiil it to nil* a« •MHin a^ \-nii r in. tor I want it alMiiit I«ad%' • K(M*'lA. 1 riM*« i\i*«l till* la\«)r **\ voiir la«»t nUiiit tin* ^*mt-ifix. m M\ wifi* i-* wi'll. A with \\ . ti.ili* mmiiI thrir Iw^t n-^iMi't*. I c^ili* crratnlati' \iiu on tin* inm .im* nf tht* S-riittin fumiU'. I liear vuti h.i\r Imvii iti N«'rthaiiiton^iiiri-. Mr. I{f'\flrv t^ld ii» mi. I ri'oktm Ih' inii*t flv iVum thr ri-U'U M»uthwani : tliev trp ^J^^WK 1 am, viiur afhN-tionati* hiiinhh* Aen'ant, « W. Sti'kelkt. I am •tiNirL'**'* drhtur f'»r tVirlriit; m\ jilali** tri»m Mr*. Salt- margin '». <*XXX. TiiK Hr.M". I>i:. Sm Kr.i.KV ti» S^mri (lAir., Em). Stanturd. 14 (Vt., 174.V l>i art't >ir, I li«'r«'witli M-inl \iiii :i ilrH«in;;ot tin* marMr \oii ^ve mr. My di*«iri' i» \iin %%i 111111 ;:i*i it in;;n\i' for you relating to the Poor Petllar of Swafli'ham,* & the Great Seri>ent, I mentiont^il to you at Fraiishnm. I would not delay sending you them as mm>u as I coulii. though I shall not C(»ntent mysi»lf with tln'S4», if lietter are to be had, which 1 am in great hoi)es of. The account of the |»e(ll:ir, I am informeen A: [»a[HT, k amount«( to this : — A |Kior tinker, livin;; at Swafi'ham, in Norfolk, dreamed one night that if he ' The tttorj of the {icdlar ik ulito told hy Abraham dc la I*r7me in hia ** Diary." publiithcd by the Surtec« Society, toI. Ut^ p. 21 U. 374 lllliCeLLANKorA OiUUKiiPUNUO'CC went t4i liontloii, & walkml «iti Ijnwlnu Hricl«:e, he i«boul«l hfmr Miinr ^iKxl news. A(*coniiii;;ly lu« walkt*l, quoth the trHow, prithiv ;;ft ihiv hiHiir, A: «lon*i disturb thy«4>lf aliout a fooli*>h dream. Why, I mvM'lt' drraiiit t'«>thi*r ni;:ht that if I went to huch a plai*e at SwatVhanu in NoH'olk, I ithoukl find a deal of mon<*y. A f»u()irii*nt hint to the jMior tinker, A, die beat (if newn, who immediatelv returnin:: found the m<»ne%' at tlie |ila<*e lM*fore mention^l. With it h«* huilt SwatTham ( 'hureh, in UKMnor}' of which tht*ri' an*, to tlii'« d.iv, in difti*r«*nt part« of tbe rhun*h, fi^ur«'!« of tht* |H*(|lar A: hin do;f, carved in wood, k in one part in particular, which iie«*m^ to ha^e lM'«*n the (lartition of a p<*w, then* in a |M*illar iV hi^ wiA* in the %liii|i, tin* (hif^ hy him carvtni in tin* MUie manner. A; th«* |N^llar*M nairn* in rar^eii almve. 1 think his name wa^ Windham, hut am not certain. Tlie above aoc«>unt hanl iV I.ady havin;; Unp put up jn the window* of (\ivrntrv (*hurcli. wiib tlii« ^u|i«'r«4'ripiioii. in ineniopk' i»f h«T ridini; naked through Coventry fttn^M^ : I l.^ifrii*. f..r U*wr "t tl.rr. Ki art Covrolrj l«ill frrr Tlic faiiii*u» nioiiuini-rit of tli<- < '«iuriti*^ tif Sdi^burv, danc*in;* liel'urv Edward .Ui, in tU* ^reat hall at Wimlaur, clru|i| W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 375 garter, which the king taking up commemorated by institution of the Garter, & agreeable thereto the Editor informs us that there are several angels cut in stone about, strewing garters over the tomb. See the tour through Great Brittain, lately published, vol. 2d., p. 269. I am apt to think this account to be spurious, since, though Brown Willis, in his history of the CaUiedrals, has mentioned this monument in the cathedral church of Wor- cester, says it was designed for the Countess of Surrey, & takes no further notice of it. I only mentioned it as it is a strong in- stance that the most trifling as well as meanest peices of prophane history have sometimes been admitted into churches — a remark- able instance of which we have in Salisbury Cathedral, where even a halter has obtained the most eminent place in the church to perpetuate a base murder committed by the Lord Stourton. Dr. Dale, in his Historj* of Harwich & Dovercourt, tells us in note (d) page 30th, that the inhabit:iuts of the parish of Har- wich have a tradition that the chancel was built bv the daui;hter of a Uiylour, & in confirmation of this they show the figure of a pair of scizars on diverse parts of the church. I c;in't imagine how my friend of Oxb[orough] could be so disin<»enuous as to obtrude upon the world such gross absurdities as it is in the power of every dabbler in antiquities, like myself, to discover. Surely he suspected his readi'rs, as well as his great Patron, whom he has petitioned to screen him, had King Midas's c:irs ; k must of necessity acquiesce with an ipse dixit For my part, had I not read his peice, I might have been happy in my ignorance, & since I knew him to be a man of good sensOi much learning, & conversant amongst mankind, I should not have suspected him guilty of those pi»tulancies wits arc but too subject to. liut humanum est errare. If I am rightly informcd| he may pay dear for this first sally ; for I find the generality of his readers arc so incensed against the dedicatour that they will not permit the antiquarian to speak for himself. I am sorry to find him guilty of another mistike, which, as I have before hintecsre. |)r(i|M»r ti> ff'ivo any. But it i^ u very iiiia(*tN>iifitmlj|r (ivrnii;;bt in a liio;;ri|)li omit such a inat«Ti:il rirctitiiMniKv, \, a^ I CimM not find any mirh hint in the Litr of ITrlian .'uh. it tMva.«i<>n<^l mv to >us|Mvt it niiiy xltr l»y, I nwK tin»t (»liM*rv«* whatfvrr tinii* the tiara w;\% firi»t inln>- (lnr<«il, tin* ;;i*n|M*«i an* all n'lin'MMititi in M'iil|itiirt* with th«* tiara ryon up t«» Linu^ i^ St. Trtrr hiiiiM*lf. With no inurh rra«i«in nn;jht y«ui. a^ wril :\% an\ itnt* oIm*, \>ith justice iiupiMiM* l4a«ly H(iy«»ia :i prot't*»t (|i*vot«*«* to pa> thr (*iiniphiiM*iit to hi^ Holint*^H, hut my authority tor *»aviii:: ih:it Trhan .'>th wa^ not th«' flr«»t intro«lu«vr of it tak<* a^lollni^-*: -Viilr Hra(*h«*lii Hist. Uni\rr^ih*i al». r.c. U4«|u«* ati :innuiM li».'i»», pai;. 'IH. Anno 13o.') rioinrnn ijuiiitu^ Hunli;;ah'ii«iH Lu::iluiiia t 'aniinaii- hu^ iMintitiria Thiani n>n»natU4 iM |M»m|i:i «upra rf^ria «{uam inr% HcjTv^ itrnarunt FrinrU'i, Aii;rlu^, vt Arr.i::«iniu^ ; m?u;:li ut* t'n'«|Ui*ntly m«vt with topiiia ppi tiar:i, yrt thi<» i« tli«- i»nly in^tniu'i* I ha\r mi*t with ol th** rr%'rr««' («up|Hif«* in;; it t«i Im- ;i ini<»t.iki*)t ^*l»>«-h thrrr i-:iii !«• tin Pnim t^r, «in<*c tht* pri*«Vf«liii;; anlr.ih\ iou« from thi* |Mtm« |Miu^ at'itiiint^ tif i(. a^ ap)MMr<» lri«iii th«' follnwin;; autinirity, whu*h I pn*«uuir uill U* pn^if a;:.iiii«t niir fri«*nni<'nluni Ba<*uhnuni, thi- Cioltliii Ia**;^9-u*\^ •htiuM hi 4::uin hav«- n*n»ur«4» t«i It. Tht* pf 111* I tiiiik II Ipiiii i** f'lititlt*'! ati aM»rf%iatiiiii of (ffi-m-ral i '••uiiriN, puhh«li«* 1 •>ri^iiMll\ in Frt nth. h\ I^« Mairr, ^ tlif translation In- pu)ih«h< il hy Jnhn ii;:ii. It i^ printr^l in till' iiM hlai'k lftt«T, «V priiiti**! Htiril lur wnnl .ip of Hunlux, i^hiclw wa* rhi»Mii )>y tht* <*ari|\nalU «. r«*^y«h*iit lor iho tvmo ciiic \cre ol our l^>r.|f. at thf in«t luiiti* nf Kynp* rh\IUplc IM 1.1il5. Tliu* ^hiirtiv ufti-r (hi« ^i\(i < imifiit a«^inh)f*lyn.illc« ^ H\f«lii»iN t*i no U'ttcll (*«*%i A ciuir;*i* tu all thr *. SXUKELBY AND OTHEHR. 377 Churchc of Fraunce, & so came to Lyons with great pomp & worldly glorye where met with hym many Cai-dynalles of Italye, whereas he was crowned with gre;it pompe & Ryalty, at the whiche Coronacion was Kyng Phyllyp le Bel with his brother Charles, & all the Pryuces of Fraunce, &, in all this pomp & Ryalty, befell a great olde wall where as moche people were assembled to beholde this great pomp & Ryalty, in the whiche fall was slayne the Duke John of Brytanie, & the Kynge sore hurte, & the new Byshop smyten from liis horse, in so moche that his Crowiie fell from his bed, & lost the rychest stone there, one called a carbuncle, esteemed worth V(. u. duccnts, &c. I cannot help taking notice, too, of bis exceptions against your supi>osed Cardinal Octavian, bocausc he is in Fontifica- libus, since as representative of the pope himself, I think it no heretical conjecture, so much is certtin. that the Cardinal Arch- Deacon used to subscribe all publick deeds next the pipe himself, as is evident from a diploma of Pope Alexander 2d extant, Catidogi antistitum pneclariss. Neapol. Eccli'^ia? pag. 121., pro consecratione Sassinensis Ecclcsiai, where tliougli there wore present 44 Bishops. 10 Arch-Bishops, & ntony of the prime nobility, tln! next subscription to the [wpe's is, PJgo YIdobrandus cjualis-cimipiu Ruiuuna: Kcclesio; Archidiaconus. As, therefore, tliero was none su|KTior to the Cardinal Arch-Deacon, he was hold the pope's represent;! live. A: he was lookt upon with the highest veneration. We may, by [>arity of reason, suppoxc, to siipjwrt the di;;nity of the jwr^wm represented, he nii^'ht assume the habit tuo. I beg pardon for detaining; you from your business liisce u]iimtiis, but relying on your good nature, my zeal for your Ciiuse. A an earnest tIcHre of aojuitting my*eif as I have pro- fesiwd your friend, I must eonchidc with. Si rectius novistl caiidiilus iiiijMTti si non, his utere mccum.' • • • Your ino>t sincere friend and obliged humble servant, ti. Bi;bt<>ii. Si quid novini rectiua iatia. Candiiliu iiBpcrti : u Don, hi* nWre mMam. [//m-.. Epitt, I 378 MI8CBLLA1CKOU8 COKKKrirONUByCC CXXXII. TiiK Rev. Dr. Stukrlbt " to Samitbl Oale, Ehq.- -H. F. St. J. Sunifonl, 2 Ap., 1746. Deaniit Sir, AfWr tb«* (lop.irtiin* of the Scrutonianii we are a little more at lei^tiro to wriu*. Tli«*v hail a mot^t fearful joiirn(*v of it home. TIn'V iM*t out h«*nf th«* Stamfonlian«i. WV luul our ceio- bnitendon, whirb i% a tort of reM*ml»lanee t4» liOitdon. Tiie fine neaiMin bi*^ini ti» cx>uie oo, ii my ^nl4*n i^ put tin;; forth a profunion of ele;nint beauty a. I havif iei up I^>ni Turk«*tyrii h«*ad in a ;^»tliic niche fur tliat pur^ ]iO!i4*, with :in iiiMTipti-m under him. I «hall Im* |;lad if you will make hiui a vi<«it titiM summer. T)k* inrloMil i» a covn I 20C Litrlv f«>untl li«>re. Mr. Fi-ar Sir, Wf ha%'i- inu4-h n-A^m to i^m^atulati* our^lve* U|ii»it the duki*\ :; an I N.ivrait«r .' .ih art .nil ttum >L Jmmtt'B U^ Ukt the OHBmMid ol ika ri7«: mtmy •*« lU ^mnU iii«*rtU I^anoMbirr IHi .\|inl liitb, !;««;, i^ ul CuIl^Akft mm luugLi. m>«I the ouuk i4 ih€ fmcMkr wai ovcnkfovm. W. STUEELEy AND OTHERS. 379 by France, wbicb is used as a divine scourge to punish a nation orenin with vanity, pleasure, & an absolute rejection of all religious duty, thinking there is no God in the world, at least thnt he is not to be worshipped ; but the scene was laid still deeper tlian we saw. If the duke had not succeeded, all the papists in the north were ready for an universa] massacre. & well it is if the French did not sail from Brest in view of tliis plot ! We had most extraordinary rejoicings here for the victoij-, our whole town, Barnhill particularly, looked like the elysian fields with illumination. I return you my thanks for Lord Turketyl's head, &, the drawing of the altar piece I would desire you to send to Toms, or gome engraver you Judg pro)>er, & with the inijcription as at bottom ; but with room tor a dedication to Mr. Giifurd, who lives in Canon row, Westminster. He desir'd I would put him in a plalc, which be would pay for ; but make a punctual bargain for the plate. I think a guinea engraving will doe. I thought I had sent you a drawing of St. Laurence, but I have now sent it you, iS: you must get it engraved, & if you have a friend to pay for it, well, otherwise I must. The coin 1 will send uj> to Mr. Folks the first op|>orlunity. The 2 mugs from Vauxhall is a present to you. We have 2 of the same. 'Tis the manufac- ture of Mr. Alderman Taylor's wife's son. My wife desires very much your company this summer, Jc so do I, k shall endeavor to contribute all I can to your aiimscment. We live gayly at present : plays, two Hiusick clubs, an experi- mental philosiipliy lecture, & we are setting up the Brazen-noae Society again. We have quite finished our bouse & garden, both are grand k beautiful, ii now all the trees are white as snow with blossoms. Hie vivo et regno. Young Mr. Burrcl is declining vcrj- much, your friend is well. My wife has recovered her spirits at last. I have had Mime fitts of the gout, but oytd ^em away espeditiuusly. I am glad to hear you are well. My service to Dr. Ducare), k all friends, k I am. Your obliged & aSectiooate Servant, W. SxtJKELET. [No address, but most probably to Sam. Gale. Sec I^etter cxxx.] 380 MlSCCLLAK&irs COliliKhPONDUCCE. CXXXI V. The Rkv. (J. Huimiv •• to the Rev. IJr. Stukklkt, AT STiUir«>Ri»/' — H. F. St. J. Ek]<*n, May 15, 1746. Dear IXn'tor, I havo liut jii^t tiiiK* tn inform you, (wbicL an it wa* a mat- ter of im|K>rtan4'C I woiilil liy no mrunA m*;;l«H*t), that the infur- mmtion I n*r(*i\iHi alntut tlit* ;;ri*:it fMT|N'nt at Kran«ham wa» ^Hindhiw. Havin;: iiiniv nuiilt* it my liUMnrM to Im* more |iar« tirular in luy ent|uiry nUiut it, A: pnHMircvl an exact draught of it, but an it i.** f«irri;*n to y«iiir |>ur|M>M* nill n«>t trouble you with. Tlie true acx^iunt i« thi% : The in^Tiption i% on a brasA on a flat grit atone in tht* church. The man ia in cI(M4* armour with a twoni libeathecl hv hi^ Hif|«*. The ensiture unilrr bi» f<ne i* vory ciiriou^lx emlielli^hM, A \ery ancient. I couM not htOp ;:ivin;; you tiii^ tniuble ti» prt*vent anr im|KMition u|xm you as \%rll a« myM*lf. 1 have not U-en able lo procure the history of the INtllar of Swrnffham, tbou;;h proiniaed it some time "^ince, which i« to U* .\lr. I^e N«*vr\, itMUC fn>m our oh I tVicml Tom Martin, who ha« Uvn ^*me timt* at lionWon, whirh ha!« |irr\f*nte«l it. .\t hi^ return m^un* «ourM-if I Hill U*at u|» hi« ipLirtrr^ and Mrip him of hi» IStllmr vi et arniin. I am at |in-M*nt «hv|il\ i-n;ra:^Ml in «>ermuniiin^, in <»ne fli'wi^neil for St. K>linoniUliur\ . «\ :i not her ft»r tite catlM^lral of Norwich. A^ I ha\i- hut jii^t hi-ani nf it, \ou niav f^if^oi 1 mm MMUfwliat at a l«i«« h«iH to an«wiT th«* enpi;*i*menl, a« thi* old father^ lu^e M'ltitiiM |i.ii*I nic a \i<»it. *V tlir la«l o>mincntator I «aw Waft iif «iirh an riitirtiioii^ «i/i tliat h«* (ri^hteiit^ii me. IIt goml |atnin, I .iin intorm«^I. ulio holii* ni<* at lay, iiitciHii* to «ue nir (i^T non-ri-<»idfn«*i-. the tir«t un<-.in tor i*tu- nf tht* nominal |0.. |»rcljeiMU uf votir churt'h for a |»rotci-tMin, lait rci'ciiiti « ik'iiial fniui tiio |icrMia 1 W. STUKELEY AXD OTHERS. 381 applied to. If you have an interest with his lordship, & have no thoughts of applying it elsewliere, I should be much obliged to you for it, because when I visit friends I don't choose to be circumscribed in my time. I hope you will excuse haste, & believe me to be, dear Doctor, Your sincere friend & obliged humble servant, G. Burton. CXXXV. The Rev. Dr. Stukelet " to Samuel Gale, Esq." H. F. St. J. Stamford; 1 Aug., 174(>. Dearest Sir, Now national justice has been exercised upon some of these rebellious miscreants, we may begin to look upon ourselves as in some decrree of safetv, & write on matters of entertainment. The box of shells, of which you made my daughter a magnificent present, is highly acceptable, & I heartily thank you for it They are to be put in practise uj)on a grotto I have contrived. I lately received a waggon load of curious antique wooden figures from Croyland. They are the chcrubims of oak, as big as the life, which su|»|»ortt'd the j)rinci])als of the roof. Tliese an» lik«» caryatides to sup|K»rt the 4 comers ol the arch of the grot. I have got likewise two of S. Guthlake's devils in stone. Tliese are added to the hennitagc I was latt'ly for a week at Bought on, on the Duke of Mon- tagu's invitatation, wIktc was my Lord Tyrawley, Mr. Edwd. Young of the Exchequer, \c. We passed the time most agre- ably. I pn*ai'heanyod me home- wards 5 miles, k the week after came on purpose to make me a visit. His grace dined with us, s|)ent the afternoon in my study, A: then returned home. I have had a visit from an ingenious Suffolk divine/ a neighbor of my op|)onent's of Oxl»orougli. 'Tis agreed on all hands that h*^ published his piece of stuff to pre|>arc us for the prcti'nder, well knowing the approaching rebellion. A great popish family * her. 0. Barton, Ilector of BIdcn. 882 MUCILLAinBOVS COIUUE8POIIDIIICB. live^ in liin imriiih, k many |M)piKli pric*iitji thcreabouU. A [mpub bookM'llcr pnnCi*(l it, itiit I lia\e ;;ivrn *fin all a Auitablr an%Hfr. *Tis now in tlir pn^fkn hero at Staint'uni ; 'A or 4 thcei^ an* printc«l off alroaiiy, &. wr pn on (iili<:4*ntly ; it wiP lie pretty Ion;;. The c^>vn I ftent vou the ^keteh of in Hen. 1 1. The Duke of C\iml)erlan(l pasMMl hy lui at 11 at ni;;ht« we were all illuminntebc*rt Manners at K el ham, k drank freelv then*. He i» very fond of I>ord Kob(*rt, who l>ehaved incomiiarahly nt t*nl- loden Held. *Ti!( rr|N)rt4*nie t4> ^reat beauty &, perfection. Your friend liedman is very well. The iquin* declining Mill, but none Kure ever went more g«ntlr down. I with you ixiuld find time to ci>me d; m*c ux. I am, Your affectionate bnitber, W. Stukkuct. I ;;ave tlie Duke of Montagu a Roman intaglia cornelian msI lately plowed up in our tield». CXXXVI. Thk Ukv. Dr. Stikelet •• to Samvcl Gale, Ekj., AbI\GI»«.\*S O'FFKK H«>l>K, Hol.B. I>»MNiN. FfcKK, \V. Noll.'— H. F. Si. J. St.iniford, 31 Oct., 1746. Di*are%t Sir, Mv wifi' n*tnni« her th:ink« for vtiur fine narci««u<» riiolii, whi<*h Hill U* imnuHliatelv omimittiil tt such an eneniv. I cannot think he pr<>post*s to rejoin ii|>on you. If he should yuu can have no readon to fear him. As lun;: as you live, (which may it l>e long, very long), there is no fear of his triumph, & I here rr{yc it you under my hand that should his envy survive you, it shall me too, since the lassa niemoria of a friend is the greatest reproach on friendship; & 1 am resolved to hold iast my integrity, nor shall my heart repmaeii me as long as I live for having profest a friendship, yet suflering the memory of that friend to be im|mired. Should h«* therefore on the publication 384 lfI8CBLLAKK4>!*S f*ORRC8POKDBN*CB. of voum hold Ml(*n<*e for n win If, vet hunit forth Mime vi-aih lieii(*<*, I In*^ you will ihit l:i\ a^idr clioiif;lit« of p«'inp liim a |»ro|M»r rn-fption, A n*Miii» yoiir^-lf uliat(*\rr hiiit«> my !»h*ritler riMtliii^ A: capacity i*:in tiiriii<«ii riir with, I ^liall rf'M*r>'i' A, ci»iii* munirjitc to von from tiinr to tiinr. You iu*rci coiniixMXM' no fr«**»|i actinn*i a;:ain!»t thi*tn, ntncir I AMun* vtiu hi^ arro«'ant ^til«• i« uni\«T!iallv <*otid«*inii(*ii lu*ri*. I am f^reatly ohlij^rd to yi»u for your kiml intention of f4*ndin^ mr your lMM>k, which I all^url* \ou uill ^im* mr great plomiturr. I have lately bei*n to Tliett'onl, when* in the old Palao* there air Home Very old |»ei(*i*5 of ta|N'«try, wliieh i-ontain a hiiturj' of the landin;: other tn-ak« canir late!\ tn t-huri h i«iih lii« t':iniilv, Maid out praver«, k whih* I wan re|N*atiii;; the Li»rd*« Tracer in thr pulpit, man*lMHl out in a InhI\ a laii^lie«l in m\ f.nv. I hait* (-«in«ult(*«i the judieiMUt (M«ui^t% ami>ti;.'^t tin* ^pirtiuali^t*. Ii««t*ir, Vuur nik«ure«l trieml «\ «ilili;»iil hiiudile ^T«ant, (i. Biirrox. IVS. - I tor;;oC tn till yu th.it my unri;;litcr ^liiHittn^ atttT warning jri^fHt tliMUirh m the »i\ M"at% I ha\i' Ut-n li«re I ha%e lieen «ittt but »is linie«. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 385 CXXXVIII. The Rev. Dr. Stukeley "to Samuel Oale, Esq., Abingdon's Coffee House, Holborn, London." — H. F. St. J. Stamford, 16 Dec., 1746. Dearest Sir, Some 3 weeks ago I ordered Manby* the bookseller to pre- sent my book of Origines Roistoniana) to Lord Chancellor, & some otliers, & publish ; but seeing no advertisement in the prints makes me think him negligent. I ordered him to present you a book in my name, both parts bound together. I wish you would call on liim & quicken his pace. I was obliged to print it in Stamford because of correcting the press. I wish it could have been done better, but if the matter be approve«)r.— AWyr^/f. .//ViafiViy, vol. ii., p. 719. Z 38(1 HIRCRLLANIUirs CORREXPOICPEXCT. CXXXIX. Thk Ukv. G. Bl'rtdn "totiif. Rfv. Or. Stukklkt, AT 8TAMruKi)/' — II. F. St. •!. Eldra., Fch. 2d, 174r>.7. Dear Dijctor, • • • • • • I sinoerrly rojoiot* witli ymi «»n a-* t-cMniilcnt a \irtnrj' over ymir aiita;;oiii*'t a^ the fiiitioii^ li.ittlf *>( < *til!<»>ifn iirminct-*!. I iliitik you have fairly laid liiiti on the p^uitnl, iV iiiili*^<% hr i* a M-rr>fid Ant.Tti« ho will ri!M» no in on-, A ran not hut n'|»nift«-h my*<*lf' f«»r mv arruffanre in inakin'' v«»u tlir l.ifi- oHit. • • • I am nlmo*>t nnpry with you lor a |»ar:i;^»ra|»h in your an*wiT, (forijive niv in-^oh'nw), whrn* vt^i t#»ll v<.ur reader v«iU have inatoriaU for a hi<^torv «>f < ':imliridf;o hut «hnll lay a«ide thoii;;bl« of it, «in«'i» |iotulaini* A <*alunui\ an* to Ih» the n'ward of your lahourn. But ran om* |MN>r harkin/ rynirk alTn^ht \ou, w|»o haw fariNl a whoh* ruf • of d«'mi-:!or:;i»!i* A raco-<|.TMion*? i'mn a l«'nd«T "pri;; of Rntii|urty, who hut xr-^ti'nlay iMirroweil of hia riark a few old fM*aU to furhi<>li out a nirk-nark-a-ton*. f^iw \un tlie leant nlarni, whi» havr Ion;: ^in'*** divi^l to thr vrrv root* of antiquity ? You liav«* hm;; •^inei*. A with homiur Ion, rhoM*!! the |»uhliek for your ;n>arilian. A anions tli«* n*«t« (in«i;;nificant an I am), I claim a «han* tif your n'::ard. Therefi>n* d«» not fM-f-rert anything from u*, nor mh jtimmI Alma Mater of h«T true antiquity hy conri-alin^ any |iart of h«*r on;nD A eiiueaiitin! • • • At ppe«»ent I think I am m<»ri» pniperly a %otarv of Mam tlian any either of tin* anrimt di*iti<*«. ninn* wnti»« incii«-i- ni<»ntji, &, tht* whoh* artillerv of tht* law are ^M*conie nir ilailr • • • |fi|>iek«. My |iatrl«-r:inn his doughty per- formance. I remonstrated to him the danger of another rejoinder, that I should think myself ill-used in having been employed by him to apologise for his behaviour to you, & that upon its appear- ing in print we should never meet again. I reduced him at last to a ver}' absuni behaviour in desiring me to acquaint you he had no personal pique against you, but with a great horse laugh said that as you had called his faith, charity, & divinity in question, it was incumbent on him to clear it up. As to the affair of his bookseller applying to yours for his plates he abso- lutely denies it, & to clear it up says that, upon the advice of his friends, lie emjjoycd a S(*cond bookseller, who was no otherwise concerned than in selling the books when printed off. His name is Lewis, & he says is well known not to be a printer to the papists. You know how far this is agreeable to truth, but I think it not amiss to [give] you a hint of his defence. In short I have cbagrintHl & confounded him plagiiily, k lie was obliged to stand the roast for six hours. I went armed for the interview, & carried with me some extracts of the mnn*s preferments he had bestowed on my friend, unprovoked, k as he himself owned, without any |H»rsBN('K. moaning, for ho meant to |»ay ymi a tNiinpliment & you would not tak«* it, fur lii* roiii|iliiiioiiUNl \i)u in riUMii^ mi cH>iiMderaiM«* a town a?t Koy^^ton, tlu* or.it«»ry, At-., in »«i ^liort a timr, wlirn t]i« conlnll^Ml»n^r«« for \Vi*:Ht[niin*t4*r hrini'i'it ot tii*» <'M*a|ie« that I hail nu u|>(Mirtunity ofKi\iii^r an\thin^, hilt tin* >iiti«fat-tioii of tacitly |iron«»uut-in^ him auil:i(N*tn omnia |nT|i«.*Ii [//or.« Oif iii., lih. i., 1. ^^\ Thia intt'ivirw shall lio tin* l:iM, uiilr.<*<» that I think I mav U-anv wava • mm M*rviy»ia mrvrr liad anv hand in tlii'^ Ho\»«toii C)rati»rv, A: that "tkull that »aa found tlicrc is a man*}* '^kull — the ?«kull I supiNrH* of Miinc unfortunate (Kirlior whii, trnd^in;; ah>n;; with a hrainhill of hu^inran to »havtf a cu<«tomcr on a market day, unlia|»|iily |M>|»|ii<«i hi« feet into the ivntcr hi>lo of the inilUtone you ohM*r\'[\lNirou;;h] to wrilr U|ioii. I (h*<«i;:n«*«i to lia\e ^^lid no iiutre, hut I forgot to tell you thai anion:; nther tliiii:;^ hi* read tu iiie, he ii>ueh«^l u|Min \our \i»il to 0\h |«>rnti:; h, tV hail drann in m\ inmr mule I{[tv]\e in hr the niM-k \ ■»li-iiilihr'» a'* y«iiir iNiadjutnr, Uvau^e Sir Harr\ *« pirdener <»a\% him in y the paiii^ he t«iiik t«t clear hi^ ex|ieii«<'«. which, hy a hint lie dnipt uhen I •^aw him. I don't find he ha« ih'ne a« yet, or e&|««i« to do. I :iiii ^reatl\ •il>h;:«ii to \oit ftir the i;eiierou« oirn-«pc»ii- den<*i* Vou carr\ «in with m\ uncle A; aunt ; A more, a« v«>u hare aihh^l to it the dt^^ii'u of* a %iiiit in thcM* jurtJi idiortiy, I »hall lie iiii|iatieiit ti»r the time; 1 h«i|ie hv that time I %hall be alJr to prtN-ure T'tiii Martin'* pa|M-r* n'latitii; to Thetford. I find him \er\ ciimmuiii« ati%e, hut at the *ame time «'erv indulrot 4 iiiieetlaiii. I am in %ery ^n-at ho|i«« thi* late liru»h with my |iatn>n hiII \a\ a foundation for a Miliil |«*atv, ^ aiiall efideaviMir to tolhiH yiMir kind aiUiiv in prumotiiij* it. A tr«e (titndf m W. STdKELEt AND OTHERS. 389 you observe, is a mere Phoenix. I have met with many pro- fessed ones within my short span of knowledge, but few, very few [true] ones ; I have met with many Warb[urto]ns, never yet I think with a Stukeley. I want words to return the kind com- pliment in the close of your letter, &c. Your most affectionate friend & obliged humble servant, G. Burton, CXLI. Samuel Gale, "for the Rev. Dr. Stukeley, at Stamford, Lincolnshire." — H. F. St. J. Saturday Morn., 11 a'dock. May 16, 1747. Dear Doctor, This comes to acquaint you that the great guns at the tower are just fired, n this glorious news, the good effects of which we shall every djiy mon* &. more perceive. We are all gott again into high spirits, &, begin to bid defiance to the French messieurs. Ycstcrdav I went in <;reat state in a coach k four carlv in the morning to visit the Duke of ChandoisV noble ])alace at Canons,^ which, alas ! is now to be sold jmrely to Ik? demolished for tlie sake of (he beautifull materials. The axiifice has already suffered for want of its lord, &> with him quite upon the declinci methinka ' This splendid nuniion, which had cost the duke £290,000 wm told three yean after his death for A 1 1,000, in 1747. Not a vestige of it is left, but Whit- church, the chapel, which wan constructed a|iart fmni the mansion, and is now the parish church of the Tillage of Edgeware. Handel was organist here from 171S to 1721.--SCC ikIUBleker'B Life p/ Handel, \k 60. 3SK) MIKCKLLANCOt'S «*()KllE3tl*<>SI>eNCC. 1 MN* va.*«t Iiavock anioiipit vaACH, fitatu<*ft, M»m«* nf which ars alrvatly fallen U> tho ^^urul, tho trariii;! ilown the fiiit* |aiiiini oeilin^!«« tho work a of Iii»;ruerro, tho nul>lo Miicktis, «& Riding*, which must Im» nil i*ruitihl«*«l into rouunon niortar« A: in a f«-w davA flutt*«l niarhlf lonir (Nilumna, buAt4M, |»irtun-«, &, well eanrod niarhlc rhiuinry pitve-t, will Ik* all (li!%ii|KiU*ly refli'<*tion on tlioiie ohjiiie time «ince renident in Italy A: Ht»nie, i^un^ 2 |»^lniA A an :iiitliem nett tu muHick, & I a!k*endere nermon |>n»|ior tu the andioniv in French, whieh the\ »ay wan pronounced with a pNHl voice, ener;;y, «1 U-eoininj; art ion. At my ;;«>iD;; out the Sacrifttan thanketl ino fur my fine discuurae, kc Bat now, The litnrif aitifice lo iwcaU ciifn|>Uin« TliAt nftbini; thcrv b«t cmpcj •ilracr rrifnca. Siieh in the Mui %-ieiMitude of human f;randeur. Half a contur}* han Mvn a ^ri'at oiitnte raiM>ii \ ntluretl to nothin;*. \Vi«khin^ you |iro*>|NTity A health, A :dl vfiur family, with Mra. I'uilin^t4»n*s renjMH'tM, I am, di*ar Sir, Your alt'«'Ctionate freitki A very huniMe M'nant, & GaLB. Dr. Ducarcl aend^ ^nx-tin;;. CXLII. The Hi:v. Dr. Stikklky '•!•• Samifl Gale, Eag., Anis(ii>«>N*i« C<»rM.i. IIklm:, IIulbokn, Ia>m»on." — H. F. St. .1. Stamtoni, 12 June, 1747. D«*ar«ikt Sir, I rwoiveii vmir Mhliirin^ letter, whieli ;ra^c mc ;:reat joy oa account of Adiiiir.ii An««in*^ mm \ii*tiir\ itMiiin:: "<> M-aMinaU%' to keep up a rrnieiiiliran<-«- nf our tin«v InMUf* maMem of that eIraiMit, * t>utliry ('•■u t» \l«rj 'ril ank* M V navf Ihr si* nr^l i? a»a nf iLa «Hl «iiidu« i>f |i« r«uku|>fi-T«r<«l. It !■ mau^ w be Ik |iArt «J llcftiok ■anakip. aail u* have wi f ms Caaaum TarL W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 391 & as an encouragement to our sailors whose spirits were dampt through the cowardice & perfidy of our commanders. Your account of the Duke of Chandois's house was a perfect tragi-comedy, & your peroration from the pulpit drew tears from the nodding marble pillasters, from the painted figures on the ceiling. When our nobility are become so wicked as to cast off all religion, we expect they will in turns become thus forlorn, cast out of the hand of providence, who raised 'em to dignity on purpose to set good examples to the world. Their light ought to shine that are set in conspicuous places. Your letter entertained also our club at West Deeping, 3 miles off, where once a week I ride down our charming meadows to a good dinner & good company. I was at Spalding t'other day with Maurice Johnson. But when the seats of the jirime nobility, & their splendid chapels witli painted storys richly dight, are thus leveled, it behoves us to build against them. So I am now busy in making your sister the temple of Flora, where she is to put her numerous pots of elegant curiositys in nature. The work is gothic, that suits the place best Four demi- columns stand in the front. It faces the rising sun. The statue of Flora in pure statunr}' marble, as big as life, which the Duke of Montagu gave me, is placed before it. Over the entrance is pinacle work, foliage work, &c., proper, & coats of arms. Two folding door8, 8 feet high, turn back on each side, &, let in the air. The building is theatrical, upon steps of Eetton stone for the pots of flowers to stand on, some 5 steps one above another, some fewer. The walls are of brick, built together in niche arch. Above the flowers are golden boys supporting 2 spandrils of the roof. Before you, a nich with a gilt statue of Venus de Medicis, 2 foot high. Several bustos, & other curiositys, in proper places. Toward the south is a pointed window composed of painted glass, of figures, & coatJ< of arms, inscriptions, kc St. Laurence with the gridiron ; S. Kyniburga, Abbess of Caster near us, wife to King Peada, first christian king of Mercia ; they built Ticken- cote church, Peterborough cathedral; King Alkfrid, who lived in our castle, to whom St Wilfrid was chaplain. 89S MUCBLLAHBOt'8 CiiRRK8lH>M>KNCIL The roof is supported by 8 upandriU, wbirb bemr up a cupuU open at top. Above it my dumb bell, wbicb I ring evrry mom- iDg, a moat agrcable ezerciw. One of your acquaintance, Wilson by name, now Iiv4*a at Tbomey, atewanl to tlie Duke of Bedford. We are all pIcaAcd witb tlio rei*olution of <*3illin^ a nri» parlia- ment Our Earl of Ex[et4T] haji bought lionl Sumfoni't maniior hare ; to we never more can have a cooteated electit>n t«> break our peace 4 neighborhood. My aenrice waits on Dr. Ducari'l. In my Temple of Flora I placed this inscription : HlC SrARGB FLORSS, SrAROK BREVKa ROSAR. MAM TtTA OAVDET MORTVA rtX)RtRV||. HERBIsgVR 0EH>RAT18 CORONA VAT18 ADHVC CIMERSM CALENTIM. My wife Si I earnestly desire you would ci>me to tbe ctm oration of tlio temple. S({uin? Burrel i% i*ir«*ciilin;:ly ill, no I than mad, i, Mr. Itedman ntui>t nei^enMiriiy \m* tin* new si|uirr. William Gale in jii«t amu* fn>ni Si*ruton ; H«>;^*r, M*ni«>r, i% ill. Biabop Tom han quarrclknl with *eni all, k Hon*t com<- nrar *ein. I had a curious loltrr today from Mr. Bertram, prufoMor of the English tongur in the marine ai^adcniy at < u|«-nliagen, inquiring about my iMMikn which lit* waotinl. I h«t|i(^l before now to have sent to Dr. DucarrI the 3 prints he Hants for M<»n« sienr (*hampigny. Wv ha«i a ntlling pn*»« at Wi-^t I>«'«'piii|tf but the man i« ^f»ne auay. I uiil f*ci them :■« Mmii .i« I raiL I am, your afftx*ti<>natr brottHT d humble MT\4nt, W. Stckclrt. CZLIII. The Ri:v. (r. Brim»\ '*t^»tiic Rkv. Dr. STtKKLBT.** — H. F. St. .1. Elden. 17 July, 1747. • •••• • • • I cfto aaaure yua Parkina's toaat t vinegar b not wortb giml W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 393 sugar to make it palatable. He is a designingy wicked, & faith- less wretch, & for your comfort I must tell you I have extended my ears on this occasion to such a degree that they are well nigh as long as those of a certain silly four-legged animal which shall be nameless, on purpose to hear what even his own friends would say of him ; & to show what a despicable wretch he is become, his fellow labourer Blomf [iel]d* lately told a particular friend of mine that he had seen his answer, which had not so much as one argument through the whole book, but consisted of a heap of absurdities, & token all together it was a masterpiece of scurrility. This was the sum of what Blomf[iel]d himself told my friend. I could not have wished my friend a compleater victory, nor can you wonder after this that he should go on. PngDAiitia ■ecnm Frontibns adrenis componere. I think your situation is better than could have been expected, (if your old friend Warburton is to be credited), that a state of authorship is a state of war, for you have fairly laid your anta- gonist on his back, & have nothing left to do but laugh at the poor unweildy creature, while he is sweating & kicking to rise, i much more at his im|X)tence & vanity when he is once fixed upon his legs again. As to the Doctor's Commons I think it too polite a place for him ; Billingsgate would be more suitable to his genius, & some of the veterans of that regiment would |)ay him in kind. I have a scheme in my head which I think will sufticiently mortify him : when he returns my book I lent him, I intend to send him a letter wrote in the first page of a blank paper l>ook to accuse him of his ill manners to you & me, & to let him know, as he has troubled the world with a second piece of his good breeding, I have sent him a blank paper IxHik to write his rcK^antation, which if he does not, I shall look u|)on him, as all the world does, as neither a disputant, a gentleman, nor a divine. But enough of this scurrilous subject I am, &c.| O. BlTRTON. * FninciM Blomcficld. rector of Fcratleld, Xorfolk, befn^n to print a Hiiitory of Norfolk ill 173U, bat died before the completion of the third volune. This Yolumc Charles Parkjru cumplcted. 39ft MnCBLLANK«»rft 0>HHESir<>yDBNCB. CXLIV. Thk Uev. Dr. Stukklky **to Samuel Oalk, Eig., AbINOIK)N*8 CoFFKR II0U8K, Uc)LBf)RM, LoNUOK/' — H. F. St. J. Sumfordy 4 Jan., ITil^S. Dearest Sir, I^imt ni^ht 1 M-nt vuu a filiea«anteM killed on Silurdav, carria^* luitl, k I think I i-aii now ti*ll voii tlint I am dolprmincd to aoco|»t of in J ^n-at p.'itrtin\ f.ivt>r, &, beooma a citiieo a^n, Sl probably lor lift*. Mv wilt* inti«-u;*ht for an oflfcr. Though I h.ivo here an extremely pretty place, jrH in reality we that have Uvn umhI to learned & |K>lite society enjoy but a vita moriua^ \ Co wiry *• inicription which I put up in the temple ol Flora i* literally true. \Vc ou;rht to consider ourselves ns dead walkers covered w ith flowt* r;*. We b:ive really not ih<* hx^t ur sinter wanti *em. We drank vour hcalili on Sl. ThuitiaA** ; k with wifkhes of manr happy iie%v ycarf», K my wilr*« love to you, I ht»pe to sor t»u in the b«*^iining of Fcbruar\, A am, Your art«x*titinatt' brother 4 serrant, W. Stukblit. CXLV. Thk Rkv. Pn. Stikkut "t»» I)k. Ttbon, Limb Strkkt.'— H. F. St. .1. St. (leor^re ^ Queen S|uarr, 29 Mar., 1748. Mr. Prmident, I wAH willin;: to withdraw \v**\\\ tin* t oinitia, that I ini|;ht not take up your timr in il« liat« • that rclaleii \wi to the boMnese in hand, but I am %cry far tnun U'iti;; willin;; to pve Up my ri(;hl» iif b(*in^ a frilow of thr lolli-;;!-, JL my freehold, to wbidi I am thereby intiikd. I was Rurphxcd a littla that tlM W. 8TUKELBT AND OTHERS. 395 part of the college had forgot that in the year 1742, this matter was debated, the statutes read, & I assisted at the Coinitia Majora, & ballotted, among the rest of the fellows, for the choice of officers & other business. The college diploma, which I have now in my hand, tells me I am to enjoy usum ac/ructum omnium commodiiatumj libertatumj ac priveUgiarumj quce collegio naatro auctaritate Reffis ei Parliamenti jam conc^ssa sunt^ et in futurum caticedenda. My entring into holy orders does by no means quash this grant The founder of our college, the great Linacre, thought it no disgrace to bis former honors to do so, & others the like of this learned body. Providence has again, without my seeking, brought me to the metropolis, where probably I shall spend the remainder of my life. Whether the statutes mean any favor to me, that I am not to be summoned to the Comitia, I know not ; but if I know any- thing of the construction of common latin, of common law, com- mon sense, or manners, I am not thereby hindered from being collega, & if I be a collega, I have a right to be present at all college meetings, where our common interests are concerned, whether I be summoned or no. I intend, Mr. President, to a])penr at the college as often as I judg convenient, & I know some of the fellows will be pleaded to see ine there. I have not done anything to forfeit the good will of any that belongs to that illustrious body ; therefore I have a pleasure in doing it, &, of meriting the favor of those to whom I am yet a stranger, but particularly I am, Mr. President, Your most obedient humble servant, W. Stukelet. CXLVl. CiiAULEs Gray "to the Rev. Dr. Stukeley." — H. F. St. J. Colchester, 28 Ap., 1749. Dear Sir, U|x)n my return borne on Saturday last I found your kind & verj- agreeable letter, which gives me an account of your own health k tranquility, of which I most heartily wish you a long k happy continuance, for the sake of yourself, your friends, & our 39C MIriCBLLAHKOL'K ('Ol(KEi4l*<>KPCyCK. country. Your liringtn^ iiu* % littlo mor«* aoquaiDlfd with honatl Itirbanl of We.HtinifiHter driven mo a vi*ry fuirtirular plrMure, but Hot.s mv wi^ll<^ a littlr inon* eacrrlv to work Ut have him wholly intnKluc«'y your ai)l<^ Al lionevolent hand. In timoi of murh grcat4*r litnitlicitj than those we live in, Richard himidf found it |>n>|>er to a|M»|oj;izi* for his work, k the roume of his iitudioii. You MN*in likcwim* to iuvnitate a little ufmn giving him a froah a|>|)carance in the world. All the ill-reccptioo that waa tlien, or can now )»e, ap|ireliond4Hi, nniM Im* fn)m the two estreami about religion. At that tiute n gro!%A fiu|M*rAtition clouded religion itaelf & diAc*oura;rcine |N*ri(MU, ^ to avoid what Iiaa been attcndtnl with constant k in«'vitable ruin in otliem? And how i% ihi^ to be come at but by ^cnuiur history? What lii^torieft are rraliy genuine, k what not, arc made out by iIm* giMMl critic A: learneil antif|Uary, by whom art* likcwiAi* «>up|>lieil tli<»M* rhaMu^ \ drfivtn in historv mhirli tlir lo^ oflMMik^ A thr \ it>leiK'e<» of |articular times liav« octM^ionc^l. Tliou;;li the world i^ now *ituffi*ii with immen^* load* of taut- ology, A licap^ of nnintcrf<%tin;; \ in^ignifiiant matter n4ating to e«4*r\ rtiiintr\ iiiNin earth, vrt thi*\ miMt Im* very Muall dablers in tilt nal know|f*«|;:r of timen iiaM %%|i«t an* not |iertivtlv sensible li4»M Miiit-li \%v f.dl <«liort ot i'^iinjilrat .ic*ciiiiiit« of tlh^e thing* that Would U- mM«t %aluali|i* A in^trut tiv«*. TIh* iil<*rv of Home it««lf. Iroiii tlir d4\ « «it An;;u«tu^« i« oiilx to U* pirknl up from liltle «crap« A rpitonir*. Tlic ;;n-at artion^ nt' Ni*r\a iire f«\eral of tliem utterly unknown, Uit liv liint« i»ii th«' n*%er»es of nw^lak. lli<» •>iippl\in^ tlic iM^iph* with oirn in a tiiiir of •carcit\ is a n'niark:ibh' i*nr ot' tluit Hirt. II i« rrmtsikion of taxes upon carriag«*« may In* another. \VlM»n shall wt* i«e a medal with Vrliiculatint<»rA to the model of thr rhurrli, (*on!«iMt*nt with tho |)ri*«ent plan, which, if tlier will not do Ml, I am tnlly |N'r!(uailc«i thrir M'ni|»lc* an* of the mali;:riant M»rt, A c:ilcul.iteil rather to witirn hre:iche« tlian to cIoM* th«*ni. I am M»rry to hear you liimdon clcr^'V lia«e liern attack(*«l oil the M*on* of the land tax. I am afraid, now tber find you alM»\c th«Mr n*.irh, we [hwt country' par^mn will lierome Uic ohjeot of ttM*ir *»|»U*en. But for my own |)art, I shall wonder at notliin;; that i» :ittt*m|>t4*d in support of im*li;;ion k lilirrtiniMn in an a^^* ii hen n'li;;ion is become tlie iieofT of the i!mit, k iU followers are c\ery day reprfnenteil as a puhlick |ieat to aocietr. I am fvlad to hear Middlcton has the a.4umrano«<* you are mighty bu*y in Li»niion alwut tliia nrw iilan of tin* n*formatioii of tin* Liliir;5\. I wi«h tliev wImi are so •triiiuou^ r*r .1 nrw hik* lin not w.iiit intirrN u» j^vX ri«l of ibe ukl one, k are iHit f«>r intnuiurin;; «»ni* infinitely womr in tlie W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 399 Innovations in religion at this time of the dny are much to be dreaded, when I doubt it will be foimd we have too great an inclination to throw off all restraints of religion, rather than purify & raise it after the primitive plan. I cannot help sa<- pecting every attempt towards a reformation in these days of deN. CXLIX. Thk Kkv. G. Burton "to the Rev. Dr. Stukelev, Rector of St. George's, Queen Square, Holborn." — H. F. St. J. Elden, April 20th, 1750. Dear Doctor, • •••••• I have don<» myself the pleasure of writin": two letters to you since the rc^oeipt of your last, ^ add this in somr mt^asure to eon- gnitulate you upon a new addition i»f htmour, & what I am persuaded gives you an high pleasure, tliat of l)ein;: chosen of the Privy Council of the Royal Society. • I still go on collecting coins, & wliat with tin* lilierality of my friends, & my situation, I liavc pickcnl up a vast nunilnT of tliem. 4. It' vimi r«*ini>inlN*r !M»inf time aszn I «%ri>tr \unty of Nortiilk, irlatin;; to my t'.imoii^ |iaiiitin::' (»f Kran«*iii Flori*i. I well rriiii*ti:lH-r \our 4*\|»n*^«i«»ii ua^ tti«* Kni;;liC will cLoii*«4* Villi. So lio IkkI, liaii I rrlit-d \i\>itu liim, for li<* lia« madr it liiH liii<«iiH*?tH til iliiTv it xxlu*r«*\t*r li«* l):i« Imtii. nii |iiir]»iiM.* tu fivi it liiiiiM*ir. Hut I liavf i>it liim liy |iiittiii^ it iiiti> ^-it'r haiili;;tHi tn mv conntrvman, MaHM'V, fur lii<> oliMTii'm- CioiM <»ii my |i.iiii|ililtt nil r >rthi|iiak<*4. I lia\«* oiilv timr tu ri'iiinrk ii)Miii (111 II) iii.it I woiilil li:iv«- r\i>ry UmIv .lUniii'l in ibvir i»wn M'iitiiiii'iit«, vi t I (liiiik vim«' of lii« ilitfiiMiItxn mav l« rrm 111* 111. nil- ill*' )ii)HH lit' «|iriii:;« «\ tuiiiit.'iiii* like iiur v« 111^ iV :iiti*i\«, »V (ii.it tli<'\ an- till«-«l %%i(ii uadr. tint %killi fin*. Whrii an «Mrtiii|ii.iki\ in (In- (l.iyn ttf Tr/iali, »|ilil a mmintain ill tMo oil till' Ml •»( lit .lrrn«:il«-m. i( mnx «V oiiL'lit to Ih* miIv^I bv i*lflN*trM*it\ , %%lii4li :i< (<* in<'«t ( M.iii-lax lull. llii* \allfl'V« iiihIit tin- HalUuf * \llu«iiiA !■ mA l.ju »«!• ti.« f uitr k i» mmrli p'raiy mU\rt, I Kavr l>rn iLr U Iter aUr tti tl:«> intii hi« •T'liimi 'iia llr tA kp<( ^imrihinp of • l.ui i1rp«l |ai«nil wlkirk br |li>ufl.t It ■■•rtr !(• I r ■■•>-uii<«*1 i! I- i< '^•^••ai.tii 4 tLr g»vrn t^f ^lirl^ whu'ii I prrvuiiir dr ).*• a» iii-ith ria*>n f>-r mM Tarkl f Ji- Ka* f«i« »«• af ifif thai tK« akull whirl* m%» .lu^* uji iti thr t»rari>rj •! |t>««lfii i« a ■«■'». BoCvilk* rtAAttiBg be ha* init with rra^ifial'lc ri>ii«irfi->ii tn thr o^iirmrj." W. STURELEY AND OTHERS. 401 Jerusalem are not a quarter of a ftirlong distant anywhere from the walls of the city. It would easily stop up the highway & cover the king's garden with only tumbling down the hill. He thinks the reason of great citys being obnoxious is owing to the vapors more pent up there than in open plains. I think in gre;it citys there is much likelihood of their having a freer vent, where there is so much digging & subterraneous canals — but how are vapoi*s to act so by consent as to attack a dozen citys at a time far distant ? He thinks if earthquakes were owing to electricity, that it ought to be communicated to us, as in electrical experiments ; & assuredly it was so to people innumerable. A lady in my parish dyed of it, & some more. I agree with him in charitable sentiments of the city of London, yet how much need have we of monitions, terrestrial & celestial ? Ingenuous minds are urged more from principles of love, gratitude, & esteem ; but where we have one of that temper, I fear we have a thousand to be moved only by the terrors of the Lord, & how few of that number so effectually moved as to amend their lives ! We have had manv accounts since at the Royal Society of earthquakes ; all strongly evidence the truth of my hypothesis, but nevertheless 'tis a plesusurc to me that any one enjoys his own sentiments in thinking differently. Wm. Stukeley. Ma8S4*y printed his paper in the Gentleman's Magazine, Aug., 1751 — a thing of no strength! CLI. J. ArsTiN " TO THE Kev. Dr. Stukeley, Rector of St. George's, Quern Square, Westminster." — H. F. St. J. Peterborough, 80 April, 1751. Dear Sir, The real reason why you have not sooner received mine & the Society's thanks for your kind communications. & the presents accompanying yours of the 8th of February, is, that Capt. Wyldbore, who is ofiner at Stamford UiaD herci never 4U2 lllMrRIXANKOirh (XlHHChroilbKycR. dolivorv«l thoiii till alxiut a wiD;; it ao long, but that it ijiiiti* went out of liin head. I prisM'tit^d yoar liook with till* lifkt of the Idival Society, for which you have thm Sociotv*8 thanka. We oliai*n'e an account m the pa|ierB taut we«*k ttf the rfleoU of electricity u|M)n the dumb. I have lately received nn e&traur- dinary an acvount whieh h.i|»)M*neil to an old wui»nian at •^utlon, near Waimford, in thi.i nei^hhourlMmd, rehitetl to me by Mr. Ward, ono of nur niinur eanoni^, &, the biiiho|)*<« curate f«ir that hamlet \, Sutti»n, whirh Mjuaren well with yt»ur aocount of the cause of earthtjuaken. TliiA old woman is near M), had been ao deaf for about twi> yvrnti^ la At |>aAt, an not to be able to kc^r without bawling very loud to her ; but on Sunday, the 30tb of September, in the morning, waa surprized ahe could hear ao well — waa at church, A. heani as perfectly a« ahe did SO jtmn before. It wan rc|M>rt4Hl that the nhock which liappened thai day, about halt'-an-hour after 12, waa the caiiic of it, k that then«on ilie wan infant a ne^tuHly restored to her hearing; ; but oo Mr. WanKft inquiry into that |iarticular, ^he told him abe thought h«T hearin;; wan reiiiored alwiut lO in the morning, for iilie c«>uld hear pn*tt\ well at rliun-h, but had not lieanl before that day t'nr twn \ear>, d* iihe continue^ to hear now Tery diitinctly. 1 couM U* glad ol yuur thought*, with thoar of voor ingenious friend*^, i^hetliiT *ti<« pmliable thin oM wnem^n could hv atlectol by aii\ < Itvtricity nr elertnoal vihrationi in tbe air lH*f(»r«' the ikho(*k m:i^ felt. «ir t«» what cauiw* vtiu aacrilie tbia audJ«*n change in lii-r, who am, MJth my i-oniplinientii to the ladiea, Sir, Ydur mo< i»bedirnt nenranL, J. AraTi!^. I iMa» one afteriit'on to wait n|Min vnu w|M*n laM in town^ A lifiiuii^^l Mi«<« Stiiki'lev t«i ill* iu\M*lf the plca^un* of brrakfaai* ing witli you the next nuiniing, but I wnii ao Tcry full of buiao nv%B I ne\er ihiuM ct>m|iaAfi the intrr^-iew 1 wiaiird niuck fer, whiUt 1 Maifl III town. I d(»n*t prrtend to |m»fe«a niTaelf ao grt'at an ade|»t in aiiti(|uityi an tu diacoTer anything Dmidioal W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 403 near Eye, but I don't see why the remains of mounds, fosses, &c, should not favour such a conjecture, as the Abbys of St. Peter, Croyland, Spalding, Thomey, Ac have been erected so near 'em. But my notion of that antient set of gentry always was, that they would pitch upon more agreeable & healthful! situations to build their temples on. The alteration about the old woeman I have made on com- municating this to Mr. Ward, who says she is now perfectly well, but desires his name may not be mentioned. CLII. The Revd. G. Burton "to the Revo. Dr. Stuke- LEY."— H. F. St. J. Eldcn, June 1st, 1752. Dear Doctor, • ••••• I lately saw our friend Tom Martin, who tells me he has about thirty Carausius's which he will either give you in London, or send them to me in order for my conve\nng them to you for your perusal. * * * I am glad to hear of your old friend Mr. Warburton & you renewing your old acquaintance. His ghost surely appears very brilliamt in his elysian stite, but by the representation you have given me of him in yours, he has undoubtedly left one half of himself behind in his primitive state ; for the character of a philosopher k a petit maitre are inconsistent. Can a philosopher admit of a whalebone rib, &, dance to the airs of a waxen baby ? Is this a fit man to satirize the world ? But hold ! 1 forijet that even Pope was afraid of him. Well, inter nos, I am afraid his rib is the better half of him. To her I leave him for penance, since he has for so many years forgotten that you i<: he have been to- gether in the same world, & you had a right to his earlier remembrances of vou. 1 dare sav you dons envy him; 1 know not who would that forms a true estimate of human life. • ••• *•••• I have picked up a few more Carausius^s, but all of the com- mon sort Enclosed I have sent you the draught of a seal that has just fallen into my hands, & I take to be a very great onrio- 404 MI.H4*eLLANK(tr.'% OtllUllAl-oSliCSCK. ■ityy bolon;;iii;; U> wiiiic of our quonn oxtr(*atnly w«*|| |>ri*M?rvcHl, evvry U'itrr U'iii^^ |)err«*ct ; it in of l>oll iiiotal. Tin* m^aIh tliriiiM*lvr4 an* niuml, the handio hrxa^onnl. It wha foiiiul Uy ^iiio tunii|i tioii^'hi^ri in nrHiidon Fiold, alHiiU 4 mi Irs north-wiM of in«\ * * Y*»iir!i atrtt*tionat4*lv and Mnivn-lv, (r. BrkT«iS. P.S. If vou tiHHfi Tom Martin claim llie < *armnMii<»'> in niv naim*. I deniru your opinion of tlio encl(»M>l Mral, a« likfwiM* of the datt* uf it. C'Lili. Thk Kkvi». if. BiKTits "Tti thk Uk\i». Dil Sti-kk- LKT.' — H. F. St. d. 'flirt ford, Muy .*!, 1753. • ••••• I thank you for your iiitrlii;;i'nd\ l)ut int«*r«**t i« Mirh 4 prrvail- inj^ princi|ilr within tho ^mnd of Htiw ln-ll, A infidelity «o fafthionmlde a vii*o flM-wlK'n*. that I am ufraiil vrv |i»n^ it will crrcp into our i^»untry \illa;;f«. and thrn him* Im* tn u^ parn^na. For our ruKticH, if they cmu hut onn* |H.TMuii«* thc*m^*lvf^ wi* jre UM*l«*!M ni<*ndM*p« uf tli«> roiiiitiunitv, n«» mi>rf tenth «h«*a\e^ A aliork*; hut from thai day ue -»lmll U* (■ur'^w^l A UTn-lt-tl lik«* polocata. 1 »m, ^r., (f. Btirr*)(. CLIV. The Hcvi». (J. Bckion -to thk Ki;\i». I)k. Stikr- I.KY, KCCTOK '»>• S. (fK<'ll«iE^, yi KtN SglAKE, HoL- BOl'RS." — II. F. St. d. Tlirlfonl. 31 ay .'>th, 1751. Dear I)oct«ir, • • • • 1 have n«it U-en nnminillul nf \Miir iiiiun«*tii>n« tn iii«* aUfiit T«bui Murtiir^ ii»in^ tif (*arau«iti«, hut \iv i« rralU «•! %«r\ uiiMtMtlv • that I i-anntit Ifll li<*w t«i i:i t tli«*iii. H*- a««uri^l int* tlie laM tame I naw hiui that In- mimiM «-.iII mii \iiu in l^iinhin.tV jiwr \uu four a>in«i tiiat in* tln-n had in lii« |nii-kel, Lut wbetlH-r thfV will ever rvai'li \tiu, th«* man m tin* iii«H'n. if llirrt* i« »ui'h a iiHHiarrb, kiiow» bi-tt«-r than 1 thi. I am ;:la«l t«i ln-ar \tiU nitrml to fiaaat ike puhlav with your CarauMU*. It will U* « n-ry UMrful aa wll W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 405 as entertaining piece in the present age, when, I fear, in spite of all our professions of Christianity, the true spirit of it appears as glimmering as in the days of Carausius himself. ♦ ♦ I am glad to hear Bishop Barton is well. I have ordered a man to call on you who is travelling towards London as a haymaker. He was hostler at Cambridge ; his name is Richard Cliild, & has a stone that weighs four ]K)unds ten ounces & an half, which was taken out of the maw of a horse. As the fellow travels with it, & was coining to London, I thought it might be a curiosity worth exhibitinor to the Uoval Society, & therefore directed him to call on you to show it to you, especially as he told me he could procure a certificate of the reality of it from the gentr)' of the Walden Hunt. * ♦ ♦ Believe me, dear doctor. Your sincere friend & obedient servant, G. Burton. ('LV. Francis Drake, M.D., "to the Revd. Dr. Stuke- LEY, IN Queen's Square, London." — H. F. St. J. York, July 15, 1753. Dear Sir, A call from home sooner than I expected obliged me to leave London very unmannerly, tic not see several friends, as well as yourself, In'fore my dt'parture. Since I received yours, I have turned over all my coins, but cannot find one Caniusius, or one Allectus, amongst them. 1 remeniber I sent the two last I had to Dr. Kennedy, to whom 1 have ffiven many before. I have also made en«juiiy of other eolUn'tors here. Si cannot meet with one for your pur|>ose. If Dr. Kennedy A: you have settled matters about the Lady OriuttHj I fancy you may Ix) supplied from him verv i>lentifnllv. When you have finished your Carau- sius, 1 should be glad to have your account of that hitherto obscure En)|HTor, as soon as ])ossiblc. I heartily wish more unity amongst our brethren, A: am, with great regard, Sifi Yours most trulyi Fr. Drake. Your old friend Oreyk lives in King's Street, St. Anne*s. the second door from the church comer. 4(Xi MIS('F.I.LAVK«»t-S i-i>Kni»P«t\-fiKNCP^ ('LVI. Prantis Drakr, M.I)., *'to tiik Revi>, Dr. Stukb- LET."— II. F. St. .1. Dear Sir, I havo, herewith, iiirliMod you my acoiiunt of the nculp- tiin* Munc I itif'iiti(in«' any obji^riion yt»u may have a;;ainMt it. I hvt* in the hoUM* with a pemun, who in Uith priiifrr Sl iNMikAeMer, i, frci* nf th«* hitter trade in liondon. He, I ha\e npoke to, t4> undertake thi* hu^inenii ; Ac, u|M»n uiy mtmimrnda* tion, he in willing; to print a rt*rtain numbiT oflMHikfi, at hit own ex|»en(«e, &, ti» i;i%'e you .ia many copiea an you can denire to pre- iient to your friendn. Ttie ^.-ile of tlie n*«t he will run the liaxz.ird on. If yf»n think thi«» article unrea^tinaMe, lie i'« willing to a:;n*i* with y«>u on :in\ other terniii you «hall |ini|io«e. Hi* tviN-^ A. h:ind4 are a** ;;imm| sa .nnv in Kn<;Untl ; A 1 kiHiw him M*h(d.ir eniiu;;h to print the MS. correiily, i-«|ierially wlien I am NO near him. Your anftwer to tlii«, at your leiMin*, ahall be attended to by, dear Sir, Vouni moi%i faithfullv, F. Drakk. ri.VII. The Hkvi». O. BrRTos ''t^i the Rkvp. Dr. Sti'kr- LET.'— H. F. St. .1. Thetfonl. Oit. 4th, 1753. IX*ar iKtctor, Our friend Mr. I^ift'n inotioni are rommonlr «■> »ndden thnt I (juention wtN*t)ier I •liall have m(»re than iuM a M;;ht of him. Hut a* I am deti*rmiiMxl not to Kmn* e%en that u|»|iortunitr, I lia«e wrote thi«i n*ady for him to convey to run, aa Ukewme W. STTTKELET AND OTHERS. 407 coins of Caransius, the small remains of what were left me from the ruins of the fire which has robbed me of many coins of other Emperors as well as Carausius, & what escaped likewise the iniquity of the country folks whom I heard at the fire enquiring whether there were not some valuable old money amongst the things, & where it was. As to Tom Martin's collection, I would not recommend you to delay the completion of your work upon account of the few he has to furnish you with, for I have enquired & he has none in his collection but what you have already, & you will have good luck to procure the sight of any one coin he has (unless by accident) within these nine years ; for our friend & brother Tom Martin is hie et ubique, & notliing can fix his thoughts or stay his motions but a bottle of old nog' or nappy.* I rejoice to hear you are got so forward in your his- torj' of Carausius. I have enquired of all my friends who are collectors of coins, but few of their series reach so low, & those that do, their coins are of the common sort, such as pax avgvsti, &c. I am glad to hear Bishop Barton is growing to the episco- pal bulk & standard. * ♦ • Your sincere friend & most humble servant, G. Burton. The following are legends of coins in the collection of Dr. Svmonds, of Burv : — * ' • IMP. CARAVSIVS P. F. AVG. Ucv : VIRTVS AVO. 8. C. MLXXI ) ■p Figura militaris gra'nian S:im. Gale, his brotlier Hoger| with ' Nog, a itort of strong ale. ' Nappj, ije. ■trong, M ale, 4c 4n8 MlfMT.LLANKOi;s OiRnESMSDIWrK. MiiiH* otlicnt, I U'^in t«) think llmt I aIiouIiI live to he mi unfortiH nat4* «A in hm* all my <>l(ii*«>i A inn*t v«lu«l>lo ao|uaintaiicc. I am ;;la(l to find, linwrvrr, that hin MSS. an* fain intmftim«\ a farth<*r t^mlirllishmrnt tu mv KUmirutn. if another volition of it <*ver ctmieii out ; A 'tia |irol>ahli* that may U* «*alh-«i tor fn ini my Mici*c«Mir», for tii«' firal hnn lM*«*n lon^r hiniv m>I(I oft*. I am M»rr>' for tin* (hV'M'ntion** amonp»t our hrethren ; ulnini^ that thiH now rhartrr, whirli ^urt*!y wa.n «ii'>if;ni*rtecl hin ar^^a- niiMitH hy sutfirirnt antlioritii-<«. Y«*u «»tan«i u|Min his aboaldrra, &, may m*o fartlxT. A 1 douU not w ill ^ivi* u« riearer nocionn of tlioMY timf*!« than anv that hav«' t;on«> liotbn* vou. • • • • Tliat vou mav Ion;; li\r an ornament to vour cuuntn*, A U* the Iranml wurld, if* tin* lirartx pra\erof Your inont faithfull fnendi F. DiuKi. rlJX. [ Flu»M TllK Hi\. IM:. Sti'KKI>y. hut th^* h-fter is n«tC :id«ln*x!N-d. ]- II. F. >T. J. (^u«fn Sjuan% I Au^.. 17.VI. Ih-ar Ilrirt*. Fanlon nii* that I um* that tn'viloiti \nu lia\e induljs*^ nif : alMa\^ iIh- iti.irk of :i ;:ri'at A pMid mincl. With what il* li^*hl do I think ft tin .{Nt •>! .lulx, u li«-n I hail the ha|»|Nnr««i til ii»n\ with m\ \«>iin^ I>rniili-« in Ham Walks; irtie who ia ra|ahh- ol tlir hi;:hi-«t t *^iv lor ji :irniii^. for antient learning, A tor \Mi n^l anti<|uit\«! How Im|»|»% niuM I think myseil in mcritin;; an aii|uaiiitan4i* with a lad\ w|n> ha« sii rii|niailr a srnM* of such things in m> early years ! W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 409 'Tis with great plea8ure I have sent you herewith the letter I wrote to the Princess of Wales, upon those philosophic priests, jour predecessors, the Druids of old. You do me a singular honor in transcribing it You will easily disceni what was the original letter, what the additions. It will appear with a double Instre when under your fair hand. The Druids, you will find in my paper, were very conversant in your neighborhood. They would not fail to assemble in such an old grove as that in the park. On 23 Sept., the day of the autumnal equinox, they cele- brated a quarterly sacrifice, when they tyed about their stnves, their heads, altars, & victims, the bather plant, growing plenti- fully u|K)n your neighboring heaths ; a shrub with little purple flowers, not unpleasant in smell. A lady of your fine genius, that, Druid-like, spends so much time in solitude & contemplation, will not wonder that thoy arrived at your heights in all kind of knowledg, human & divine. Permit me the honor to wait on you once before you quit your most agreeable hennitage, & restore life & elegance to the town, & believe me Your most obliged & faithful servant, Chtkdonax. CLX. Revd. Hekry Wastell [probably to Dr, Stukelet]. — H. F. St. J. Simondbum, 27 Feb., 1755. Now (as you are sensible one good turn deserx'es another), let mc talk to you a little in my way. Know then! I have advanced £600 upon the credit of the late Mr. Gale's books. I know you will call me a fool & m blockhead for my pains ; I own it. But niy motives were these — I had a very great esteem for the old gentleman, & I could not bear to see his represoDtative in distress, without affording an helping hand to relieve him. We are sent into tliis world to do all the good we can, whilst we continue in it ; for what will it avail to do good only when we cannot help it, Le.j when we can live no longer? Tbeae are my notions of good works & these were motives for purchasing, &c. 410 MftlTKtXAVIBOITfl rORRRSroxnClfCB. Now, Sir, M you miint be aoqiiiiintAKi with the lie«t tort of the bookiiik ;:<*iitry, I iihall take it aa a particular favour if you will give iiic your ailvico & amfttinre an to the dinpo^iri): of xht^ txMikfi. I think of beinn in town mvM^lf »otni* time in Mav; & AA you have a catalo^rue, you may, |ierha|M U*fore I oonie, meet with a |>ro|M>r op|Mirtunity of doing lue nome f^^wd ofR<*ea in thia affair, wliirh nhall be always ^^ratefully aoknowleil/^ by Your oliedient M*nrant, IlKyRT Waktsij. Health k happiness atti^nd Mm. Gale i, ytiumelf. CLXI. Thk Hkvu. Francis Wiac [rtiTRi Rivd. Dr. Stuki- LKY?]— H. F. St. J. Holywell, July 24. 1755. Demr Sir, • • • • • I rentureil ye«t«rday to the Ilodlaian, to connuli IIeiuio|^onl, k cannot but think Mr. IIeanie*i copy of the cuin in vcr)* exRCt, but Ilia read in;; on th4* rrvene ab^unl. It mii^hi be a blundered coinage, with i\» head of Carau^iu^, ami a revi-rne that did ntiC behiug to him ; of which kind, I Mip|io«e, yuu have m^m lirfurt*. I d«in't know liuw you will be able to get ocular toitiaftction in thin ca^*. Mr. Hcinie'ii lNM»ks (x>ina, Ac, came into the ImihU of Dr. Ik^lfonl, &| afliT hin tlcath, to Ge«»rge Smith, Eaq.« of Durham ; hut if I am not ini^ttken tlio late Dr. Iliwlin«oii got the cHiinii, either by gift or purchase ; A; Jamea WeaC, Em|.» 1 think, hail got all tlie platen lielonging to Mr. Heame'a worka. If Dr. it. had the coiiifi, 1 ftup|M»^' you uiav gel a aight of then fn>m tlu* executora. Mr. Owen abewed me your letter to him yeatrrlaj. I will •ndeaviiur to aee the late Dialiop u( Hrintttl** coina, if poaaiblr, 4 intend to wait u|M>n the Vice-Chancellor this day with your earn plioMDtjk, if the weather doaa not binder mt*. • • • I am, dear Sir, Youry Ac., Fitaii. Wbul W. STUKEIEY AND OTHKRS. 411 CLXII. Thos. Barker "to the Revd. Dr. Stukeley, in Gloucester Street, near Queen Squahb." — H. F. St. J. Lyndon, Aug. ll, 1755. Revd. Sir, I take the liberty to send you an account of a slight earthquake which was perceived lately in this country. On Friday, Aug. 1, 1755, about 4(/ after 6 in the morning, standing against a north window, I heard a continued rumbling like a long clap of thunder, as loud as if about 4 miles off. At first I thought it such ; but as not a cloud was to be seen, that seemed imlikely. I next thought of an earthquake,' but could not say there was any shaking, which made me doubt whether it was either, but might be a wheelbarrow rattling ob the stones just under the window, which the noise somewhat resembled. All these I had time to think of while the noise lasted, which was perhaps ^ a minute or more. Going abroad, I saw low in the west & north-west a faint white haziness (which one, who was abroad, said rose immediately after the noise, & moved swiftly) ; the rest of the nky was quite clear* yet within an hour niXer many scattered clouds rose from the N.W., the wind being that way. The day became lowring, yet fair & windy till even- ing, &. only a slight shower then, but a good deal of rain on Saturday night, & more or less every day since till this day. The barometer, at the time of the earthquake, was 29*^, begin- ning to fall, got below 29** on Monday morning, & then gradually rose to 29*i^. It has been sometimes remarked that it is calm during an earthquake, but it was not so this time, the season for a month before had been cool, windy, & showery, & that morning there was a considerable, though not great, wind. Several other persons in the house heard the noise, but look no great notice of it, thinking it something fallen, or person walking above or below them, but most people abroad observed it ]Many thought it thunder, some an earthquake, k said the ' 1755. A great noiae wm heard at Althoqi, Unoolnahire, like tht feport of a cannon, which proved to be an earthquake. It ahook many honaea, and was heard at Luddington and Adlingfleet, near the Hombcr, where the inhahit- anu believed it was cannon firing at Holl. — B^^Wb Ckr§m$U§ff ^ftke \9ik mmd \9th Ctmtmrie$, vol. ii., p. 207. 4]i MIM'RU.ANKDI'S niltll»-Jiri)ShRV l\i'ral initniti*^, t\ iiio^t wlin ilfM-rilit' iIh* |if>Hiti tilt* N.K., I lilt Miiiif siiy tlitTf ua** a In tup a;/aiii at la.*it. It i» n*|>iirt4*«| a liall i»f firr w.m •mi-h a iiiiiiiiti* lH*fi»r<'. or a ;;n*nt fla^h of li^litiiiii^, Imt I lia^f iiii-t uitli }i*tt\r who affiriiii*iintry whirli 1 li.i\i* i*iii{uirt^l aUait, at Ai lM-\i»n:i»I«iK.'s. t^fKKV .S^IAHK, IjuMkiN." — H. F. Sl .1. L\iiiioii, l>tiir iho h*tii-r« in iliat l*liilii^*|ihii'al Tratiiuii tiiiii, Hlmh «iiiiIaMii«t ai^i a iiiultitu«lr ul' li*tt«-r^ i-«>iii-trrniii;; thoM* rt*|K'atol ^inH-k^ in I7.hi/ 1 chink, in- * J«r u«ry ntti. IT'rfi viflrn* •>. « k •*. I: n.r V* fimrj ^ih. rartlH|H«kr frU 111 l^'ti I'll Anil Wi-viffii'riMcr «liuM fail A •••uirt-'i r (.•« m ^ u'!i«Ark wm llir«i«u •!•••■ . AchiuiKV III 1^ ••IriiLai: **ir^*i mi.-l ar. .f'lr n W. .:rr "^fuarr. U!!. Ali>l Aim |«rt »uw iirar II 'rk^ri >l>iwn !•■ !^r ••mr n.-ftli ati rarthi|«*kr •«v«rff««| •I ItiilipfMili. in Ki*m«niA. whrn 4iaV |» rMoii* I* H'Kt^l thi HArrk Mil, 1^4M^« \^. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 413 deed, your hypothesis, that electricity is the natural cause of eai*thquakes, is the most probable account yet given, & you give several rational arguments for its being so ; at the same time, it is not strange if in so surprizing an effect as an earthquake, & so unaccountable a cause as electricity, some difficultys should yet remain. One which occurs to me is, that in all electrical experi- ments, the shock seems to be momentary, so likewise in thunder, which seems very probable to be an electrick shock, the light- ning or shock itself never, I believe, continues a second, though the thunder, by reverberation, or distance of different parts of the shock, may continue a long time ; but an earthquake is plainly not momentary. That which I felt Sept. 30, 1750, I judged to last about d'\ That noise, Aug. 1 last, much longer, <^: that at Lisbon is described to be several minutes. I have some diiHcuIty, also, as to the opening of the ground, rocks, <^c., particularly the Key at Lisbon sinking so as to be deep water where it stood, seems nither more that sliding off into the sea, which on a bay so far within land as Lisbon was hardly exceeding deep. As we know little of the cause of the earth bt'ing electrifNed, it need be no difficulty, if we find earthquakes not always to answer to former supposed rules. JSo that in August last was not in a dry se;ison, for ever since the middle of June has been, all over England at least, one of the most showery, though not the greatest quantity of rain, any year I have known.'^ It was also, just before & just after, ^ I supiKMe at the very tiiut*, a considerable wind ; ik that said to be felt in Cumberland, Nov. 17, which i)erhaps might reach this countr\' (of which below), was here one of the most tem|>estuous wet nights there has been this autumn. At the same time it was violent thunder & lightning at London — what it was in Cumlier- laud I know not. You &, others supiH>2(e northern lightn to be wEii a^'ain alnrmixi by a shock, more Tioleot and of lont^er coutinaance than in proriouM month. It waw felt at Chenhant. Hertford, Wnre. Co|iChall, near Eppiii^. at.d Kcckenham. On August ^lird. a Tiolent fbock wa« felt at Notting- ham. Kctford. Scoptoii. Taxford, and many other places. — Bt^^Wi Ctr»n#fayjf o/thr 18/A and VMh Crmtwrirt, vol. H., 160. * In ScptomliT there m'an the greatest fall of rain ever witnessed in the uortli of Knv'Iaiid. which swelled all the riTers, and did infinite damage to the tturrounding ticld«. Many cattle feeding on the banks were carried away by the flooil. 414 MlliCBLLANeoirs iXIKKEArONDENrC electrical, there lM*iii^ many, |wrticularly rcil ones, in tin* eartii- quake year, 1750. Tliat they may lie lui, I ilu not at all deny, but cannot iiel|> thinking the vapount which cause them are alM> ma^netical, for in all that I have ohiMTved iho center whence the •troamt |K>int peqiendicularly is a little west of the northi aa the rariation of the nt*eni light on Saturday ni;;ht lai^t. It was a bright mixmlight night, which did not at all efface it. From 9 to 10 streaniH row from all quarteni, tlioogh chiefly 4 brightPi«t in the north -went, U-ing very much in motion, as I think generally is the case in a windy night, which this waa. The wind was 8.S.W., iV the nhei'ls of light often seemed to me lo have a pretty bri.nk motion northward, though spreading both ways, k sh(M>(ing upwani toward that piiint 1 have discribed aa tlieir usual place of meeting. A: wIhth* for a short time, about a quarter or half-hour after iK they formed a crown. Tlie oolour was chiefly white, l>ut the shc*et» at fir»t lighting up were oAea of a faint ri-d, quickly changing successively through tlie reat of the seven colours, A ending K continuing Hhite. Hut how much soever we may think w«* know the rauM* of e.-irtli<|uakes, stdl the dirt*ction i<> in tht- hand ol (fod, as vou Hell iilnerve, A calls loudly for si'rioun refli^tion, when it i» si> dri*adfully ekemplifred an it ha>i laii*ly Un-ii in the nudden desi ruction, without warning, of Murh a multitudr of liven in mi nianv citv«, at hundreda of milea from €*arh otht-r. Whence fully ap|w*an» tlk* nei'«B»ily of watching K U*iiig alwavfi n^ady. since none knows whtise turn it ma\ next be, to U* witnem^ of mi ti-rrible a ncene; tliat mi, if lh« time should Hp|iro.ieli of distrrsA of nations nith |ieq»lexity, th« sea 4; tlie waves ntaring, we may not mouni with the tribcn of llie earth, but l(M>k up k lift our lieads with tlio«e wlm^ npdemp- tion draweth ni;;li. Tlie eartlii|u:ikf- at LisUin, in«lei\l, s<^ms to me one of the ui«ist violent in hi*turv, whether fi»r number of lives lost/ How many |H*ri»lied at Lislion, both by the imma diatt* sliock, k since by hsnl«hi|M they mu^t undergo, who in the " NuVMil^r 1*4, i;V'. At AvMBoat# d^am.tlirwabcukr IS mmI moo |«ff«aoa. Ai LipUm tkc •boi k Issisd acar! j stvca Binsic^ aad il Is paled Ual aboal 7o.oiii rMtagvesc pcnsbad.— >/K^^ p. f la W. 8TUKELEY AND OTHERS. 415 midst of winter were without bouse, & scarce cloaths or neces- sarjs, we have no autlientick account jet; beside those who perished in other citys also, for the shock seemed to be violent all over Portugal, South Spain, & North Coast of Africa, as far as Algiers, 600 miles in length, which great extent of it is another point. I do not know what other earthquake came up to [it], for besides, where it was violent, lesser effects were perceived 1,200 miles further in France, Holland, Ireland, England, & Ciermany, as far as Hamburg. Beside the South Coast of Eng- land perhaps it was in inland parts, for a clergyman who lives near Hinckley, in Leicestershire, said, as near as he could recol- lect, it might be about that time some who were plowing in the field told him they heard a strange kind of noise in the air. Monday, the 17 of November, in the evening, at the time the newspaper mentioned a shock to be felt in Cumberland, was thunder at London & a tempestuous night here ; but some who were ringing in Riddlington Church, heard, beside the wind & rain, so strange a noise as frightened them, & made them run out of the church. The same noise was also heard by some others in their houses at the same town. I forgot to mention above that as all persons will be involved in the electrick shock which affects the place where they are, why is not every one sensible of the immediate stroke on himself as well as trembling; of the ground, since men have been knockt down as it were senseless for a moment, in some strong shocks in exiierimentSi which vet are by no means ciipable of shaking such an extent of ground? I hope you received from other hands sufficiently satisfactory accounts of that earthquake last August, for as I left this country for 2 months within a few days after I wrote to you, I had no opportunity of giving you any information further, as you desired mc to do if I learnt any ; but if anything else remarkable should occur, shall be willing to give you what light I know. I think it very remarkable, in the shock of Nov. l, that the waters should be so strongly agitated where the shook was no other way perceived, as was the caae in many places in this part of Eorope. My fatheri with the rest of the (amily, desires to join in all due compliments to yoa & yours, with me, who remain. Sir, Your very obedient humble servant, Tho. Babkbb. 4h> MiSi'KLLASeors CORRBlil*OSll>EN'CC (UjXIV. Tiik Ukv. initinii |M*<)p|f tLtv nn much nunk ation with him, &, am(»n>;nt many other quea- tion«, I a<^k«*il liim how many repilar Methodifit.<« he ftuppoaKl there mi;:lit he at tiiifl time in the kin^iom. H\% answer waa he wan (*«*rtiin there were at lea?it forty tliouiianer to l»c jiermittiHl of any Mct, much nii>re of one of rach dan;;eroU!« prineiple^, who ai^Miine to themAolvrA the |M>wer of tbe keyvi;;i'« of im|M*ndifi^' ruin you to feelingly dencribe. for tlierr ia iM*an*e a .^unday I tra\el to my further pariah but I meet a iipleiidiii e<{iiip.'i;;e nr (mh. with a train of inaident attendant*, all )ii«lilin^ defun«f In thi* law« Uith t»f (iihI A man. Kul when a father of the i*liun*h ennii <» to kick at it, it in iHit to be wondered tluit the eiirmifH !•> (*liri«ti.iiiily re\il«* it. This in putting the fiiii^hiii;; <>(ri*kf to Ii«vritiiiu»ne»\ It sometimes shocks mo to think what must be the end of it There seems to be a general insensibility to goodness, & conscience, like the venerable dress of our wise forefathers, is become the jest of fools — the cloak of villany. How deplorable is it to say thus of one's native country ; that country which possesses everv thinir that this life can make dear to us. But how much more deplorable is it to know this to be a real fact. The old maxim is now reverseil. We cannot say Decipimur specie recti IHor. Ars. Poet., 25.]; for the modern libertines glorj- in their shame. They boldly thrust themselves forward in defence of vice Si immorality, cV tell you down right that the best way to live is to stop at no villany ; the relenting tinner is a disgrace to manhood, and reason was de^ugncd as a bawd to vioe. Was BB 418 MIBOSUJLKIOUS OORAHPOKDBSCI. Don Quevedo^K C/tiymii4t '* to |)op uut of bin lM>ttJ«* in these dayft, 1 think he would Iw for doublin;; hi;* haAte to l»e cork(*d up again, 4 beg likewise to ba%'o his curk tied dnwn and »»ealrd, too, for fear of an unox|MTt«'d explosion. I)u( howoviT bad the world grows, let us hope we are not witliout a remnant, small as it is, to save us, that may aT(«rt the threatened blow, & taach ua in time to be wiser. I am, ^'0., O. BavMN. '* Francis QoeTcdo y ViIlrgM. a S|«nub author, ■■iidc of wlioae Wf«rka fav« soch otfenoe that ht waa thrown mto privm. His " Vitiona uf Hell " have traDsIated into Infliah. Bora ISfC ; dird 1645.— .0m€m, p. Ma. Part III. — Astronomical Correspondbkcb. CLXVI. Peter Wyche to Dr, Stukelby (?) [No address]. — H. F. St. J. Jany. 31, 1723-4. Dear Sir, I had the pleasure of receiving your agreeable letter last week, & should hare duly acknowledged the favour, had you not put some questions to me about this comet that in some measure engages the attention of the learned world at present The doctrine of comets is very new.* Nobody that I know of having said anything of them before Sir Isaac Newton, & indeed he has ' ComeU had presented insuperable difficulties to the ancients, and were considered inexplicable ; the motions of the planets themselTes being soffiei- CDtlj complicated. In 1609, Kepler published his Aitrottemia Kata (fol. Pragss) which contained his treatise on the motion of Mars, and gave to the world hit two first laws, Tiz. (1), that each planet describes an ellipse about the sun, which is situated in the focus thereof ; (2), that the sectorial areas described about the sun are pro|K>rtional t4i the times of describing them ; and in 1621 f in his Mytterium OfMwwgraphicHm^ he published his 3d Law, "that the K)uares of the planets* periods or jears,** are proportional to the cubes of their mean disunces from the sun. From the second of these Laws, it ii inferred that the force acting on the planets is in e^cry case directed to the sun ; from the first that this force Taries. for cTery planet, iuTerselj as the square of the distance ; from the third, that the "* absolute force,** ix, the Talue of it at the unit of dit* tance. is the same for all the planets, and therrfore may moat reasonably be considered to reside in the sun itself. These were first propounded by Newton in the Prinripia, in 1686 ; the second edition of that work was published in 1713. Besides this, Newton proTed that the same kind of force woald be naoet- sary to make a body moTc in a parabola, or a by|«rbola. This woald naturally lead to the conclusion that cometa might be inmtigated oo the aaoM rappee* ition of the sun*s attraction, their orbits being eUipeea of great eeoeBtrieityy or parabolaii, or hy|ierbolas. A parabola and an ellipse differ bat little near the Tertez. and therefore in the neighbourhood of the tan. a ooncC*8 orbit would be considered parabolic as a first rappoettioo, antil repeated ofaeerratioQa woald indnoe as to take an elUptio tlieoiy for It. 420 A>TR(iS«»MICAl. CURRE8KUNI>eSr|L cali*ul.itM-* lu pvo us an account of it in print, iV likowiM* to deAcrilN* itn urbit, which I boliovc, from what I havo 4ibM*rvr«l, will Ijc very oblim^. * The oomrt rAlruUtnl hr Sir Isaac KewUin waa ihat uf 16m). oat of tbc moat rrmarkAble on rpc»rtt Its nrtut wm an ellipse of wu irrrAt mi cccratncitj M lu be UDiliMinyuuhAMr fr>im • paralHtU. Thf ctiinet uf ir.*J. c*lrulai4«l bj Rurckwlt ; tbaC uf 1771. i*r Uah Hurckhardt and Knrkc ; and the mojoJ ctimrt of iKlri, hj U*^mru\^rg «ii«l N^hwat^r. have lieen aacerlaiDe«l U> move la hjr|ierbola«. Tbr inost reiiiarkAMr uf ihe elliplir cuiueU is llallrj*. «h7 aud 1^.{1, Aiiti |irc*tlir(nl lU rrlurti aUtut ir*i9 The return b>>w- CTer. waa rctardc«l bf die at-tnnia uf Jupiter atid Saturn , the calculatioii of t^ia was done bj Oairaut ( aet* /Mt«f m letter April 'Ji\ 175Ui . the cmnet caoeiuiU penbelioD on March I.*. 17yj. and ai^ain un Novemb** 16. IfU^. {.iiertcM^§ Attrpmcm^. 562. 564. 567 ). * l>r. Bradlej'a papers hare been pobliahed at Otfnrd, e«i IH Rifaad. lf(S3. The collection includes all he left behiml nnpuUiahcd. and hia coma- pondencc. Bradlej'a account la to l« fnund in i'k»U$. Tntaj. So. a»3. vol. aaxiii.. 41. The comet waa firat accn l>y Dr. II alley on Octotwr V. very aaar a ■mall atar in s 7" TJ IV. with !» 'J . north latitude. The next daj Br»ltej obaenregue. Ilenee t^r the camet waa nhtainml K A »»r 6 in* l»ecln 11 n l.r South The next night «aa cl<met «aa aivn again oo October 12. at 7h 22m A small star i a a :«i»4 4u :•<*. |»ecl T f» 22' ft ) prectdcd the camH in aA 26 21'. beini: I" 42' mtirr mifthertj . thefef>)rr the comet'a aa w^ dkki" 6 44'. and Iw: 7 Iv 4' ■ The neii nighl October IS. at 6b 5lkm, tte oumet fuliuwed a amall aiar (a A 4 It'') t«inir more nurihertj than the bj 1 1 4V. Th« atax a a a was :4ii4 22 and iVcln 6 10 a tV*tol«r 14. the ntme? wa« iirar twn •'ara »'*6 antl 67 uf Ai|Uila and Aatm anil at ^'h .'i7m fi>rii«rMt 2o .17* of it A . being 2!P a* •^tu'hrrlv llriur ti.e xk>u.»i • Ua « a* .ku 4:* l«i'. an«<-i. J :;i r fi ikctober 22. CVtmet'a aA %*\ .iy 17-. Dcd. 0 ly 0- a. (icUiber 24 ■ ■■ J«M 2:. JI-. •• 1- 4 itr a. iictutvr 2'.» • • •■ .■•1 * 2*''. •• t 77 Ill* a. iVI.drr Jt* ■ ■ ."►1 9* 2«»". •• r » »:• a. Suvembrr ■'< • .ml- H «'■ . •■ s 4: J»' a. >ov«mb«r p. 4 • S»l IJ 40-. m 4- u jr a. Novaabcr 14. aa •a aoi* av 44' ; ■• r ft «r ■. W. STURELET AND OTHERS* 421 As soon as it is published I will send it jou. The above is all the conjectures I can learn of the mathematicians ; however, I will now beg leave to mention some difficulties that occur to me, & which probably your better judgement will set me right in. The idea Sir Isaac Newton had of the planets being kept in their Dr. Halley obserrcd the comet on November 20. Its R.A. 801® 59^ SQT ; mnd Decl. 5*^ 48' 55', K. On December 3, Bradley looked for the comet before the moon rose, and found it among the telescopic stars, but did not feel quite tare about it. Howeyer, on December 7, he saw it, R.A. 303** 42' 85' ; Decl. 7** 46' 30' N. He then gives a table of obserTations and computations relating to it. 1728 Comet, Lat. Bor. Comet, Long.' Lat. Bor. Diff. Diff. Long. OhtetT. ObMrv. I Compnt. Compnt. Long. Lat. Oct. 9. h. m. 8 5; r7° 22^15' 5° 2' 0' -.70 21' 26' 6® 2' 47* 4-49' — 47' „ 10. 6 21 6 41 12 7 44 13 ""e 41 42 7 43 18 — 30 4- 65 „ 12. 7 22 5 39 58 11 55 0 5 40 19 11 54 55 — 21 + 5 M 14. 8 57 4 69 49 14 43 50 6 0 37 14 44 1 -48 — 11 », 15. 6 35 4 47 41 !l6 40 51 4 47 45 15 40 55 — 4 — 4 ,, 21. 6 22 4 2 31 |19 41 49 4 2 21 19 42 3 + 11 — 14 ,. 22. 6 24 3 59 2 20 8 12 3 59 10 20 S 17 — S — 6 .. 24. 8 2 3 55 29 20 55 18 3 55 11 20 55 9 + 18 + 9 M 29. 8 66 3 5t; 17 22 20 27 3 56 42 22 20 10 — 26 + 17 ., 30. 6 20 3 5S 9 22 32 28 3 68 17 22 32 12 — 8 + 16 Nov. 5. 5 53 4 16 30 23 38 33 4 16 23 23 38 7 4- 7 + 26 ,• i>. 7 6 4 29 36 24 4 30 4 24 54 24 4 40 — 18 — 10 ., 14. « 20 5 2 16 24 48 46 5 2 51 24 48 16 — 36 + 30 u 20. 7 45 5 42 20 25 24 45 5 43 13 25 25 17 — 63 — 82 Dec. 7. 6 45 8 4 13 26 54 18 8 3 55.26 53 42 + 18 + 36 Bradley supposed the comet to describe a parabola, the inclination of the plane of which to the ecliptic was 49^ 59' ; the place of ascending node t* W 16' : the place of perihelion m 12^ 52' 20' ; disUnce of perihelion from node 28''36'20': logarithm of perihelion distance 9999414; logarithm of diamal motion 9*961007 ; time of perihelion passage September 16, 16h. 10m. ; motion retrograde. Bradlev ha<1 not heard that this comet had been seen before Oct. 6, although it wss in a proper place to be observed in the morning throaghont most of September, otpecially from its perihelion till near the end of the month. About that time it crossed the ^lilky Way between the Mast of the Ship and the Head of the Great Dog. towards the Head of the DoTe, where it was about September 29. and then approachee pla<*4*etween the earth & the lun, (which will ho the cam* uftht* pn«ent), the motion of tbi* earth, acconlin^ to tlie prin<*iplt* cif ^gravitation k attraction, should b« disturbed,* just as wt* know tht* cam* to be in respect to Jupitrr & Saturn. Th«*rcfort* I liavo alwavH inia|^ned that at the first crration of tliis system, that th<* motion of th«* planeU was io circular orbitu,* & that proliably by new bodies intervening;, the The eomet was in of)|H>aiCirtfi Cn the *nn on October 1, wKm it had near 74* ■ODth laCitQiie. anil aherc«l its htnicitadc 2 •((«• in a daj. A boat (Vfnbrr t. in perigee, brio|( aUiut 1-lu uf the tuna mran diatAnoe. ita appftrmt noCioti waa thro about 2(f a day. aad »hrn Rradlef laat iaw u. u «aa abo«t l«iet as far off aa the aon J. R Hind. -On (*omcU." p. U*?. CaUlofue of OrUu. hm the fnllnwioir ITtS. SepCrnlrr '.'7. Uh 4m . Greenwich mtmn Use of peri- helion paaaaflv. iT &L* U' loniritudr uf |irrihehoa ; 14* 14 17' aaoending Bwdc; S^ 0 In' inchnaiiiMi ; 0-9*jrt7'J {rnhHion diaianee MnCioo iHtugiade (*alc«- lated by Sporer. p. |4«. ()b«ervnt in Knglaod by Hadlcy. RradWj. aad Pbwid. * Tbia of ooaraa woold bapprn : Imt it muat ba raaicabtfad thaft the aAftk would alao attract the eonet. and affect it« orbit. The aoKMnt of altractM* woold vary aa the qaantity of matter in the altrMtinf body, and if the eoMaC were of eitreac teoaiiy. ita effect cm the earth *a motion woold be iaprrerpiibto. Aa a matter of fact, oomeia have not dm arbe*! thr plaocta. wbereaa Japiief and hia aalrllitca very aenouvly alirr««d a onmet'a orbit in 1779. "Siara of tW amallcat mairnitode." iaya lirr«chel {Attrvm Art. 6A8), ■^remain diatiMtly viaihle thoDich coveml by what appears in be the denaeat porting of their (oooMU*) aabataaoa, . . . Whenever pnwerfal Icleaoopaa have baa* tamad oo Iheae bodiaa, they have not failed to diapel the illaatoa which aitfihataa aolidity to that m»ra eondrntrd part of the bcMl. whKh appaaim io the aah^ eye aa a nacle«a« thcHigh it la true that in tome, a vary bIobIc aullar poiat has bean teen, indicating the etiairtice of a aiilid body." Japileff la uf aba«t the aame dcoaily aa water, vrhrreas the earth la abo«t ivt Umaa W0 heavy . the weight of JuiMier la nearly 4iii iimea thai of the earth. Vrom thoat and othg cooaidrratJt»aa it u inferred '.hat mmrla are of very aaall weight ladaad, mmA therrfiire {•ruilucr ni> aetiaiMe effect I'ti the planrt^ry muCiooa. * Thia I* a very nataral ■u)^««iiii>n for aay one to hava made at thai liaa, tor all the plaaeiAry orbiu are ■ lli|«ea i>f amall ereeotnctty. It la a eonai^Beooe of the d«>rtnne nf atnverval graviiatioo thai the plaaeta affect r»ch other 'a orbiia. although ImiI alightly. La Plaoa diaeeiaiad ^ **ia«^aalily of long pern id " ( requiring aboat 900 yaara io go thfvagh all Na changr*) prodaeed by the attrartnina uf Jupiter and Malar* oa aaah olhw; a(a4 tfir Uaorgu Airay diacovered a aimilar noe oa the earth and Tcaai^ VMha peniid of 340 year* Ho with rrgard u* I'raana aad Vcptaat, which for lU |«ni4l lodecd it wue fr«iai tha diatarhaaoaa of Cl Id Bot ba uihaiBlaB anr^iBBtad for. thai tha W. STUKBLET AND OTHERS. 423 orbits are now elliptical, & if more should intervene they may be changed into other curves, or more oblong ellipses, for this seems to be a consequence of gravitation & attraction. Query, whether a planet may not become a comet* there was another exterior planet, and from these obserred diatnrbanoeB, the elements of this unknown planet were calcalated. The result was the disco- very of Neptune by Professor Adams and M. LeTerrier. One of the most remarkable theorems in the Planetarj Theoiy was pxx>Ted bj Lagrange, at the end of the 18th century. It unfortunately disproTes this 8up|)08ition of P. Wychc*s, and is as follows : If m, m', m', kc^ represent the masses of the several planets, e, e'. e'j &c., the eccentricities of their elliptic orbits, a, a', a', kc, their mean distances from the sun, n. n'. n'. &c., their mean motions in their orbits, Then will JUL e« -f- JUL. e** + -"-' e'« + Ac. = a constant quantity, na n a n a Now, n. n', n', &c.. are all positire. because the planets all mo^e in the same direction, therefore all the terms in the abo^e equation are positiTe ; and as e, e', e'. &c., art* at prei^ent small, and so are m, m\ m', kc, and a, a', a', kc, are not small, the above terms are all small, and therefore the sum of them is at present small ; therefore being constant it is always small ; therefore the several terms arc always small ; therefore the planets always will moTe in ellipses uf small eccentricity ; i>. the planetary system is stable, or the planets will not fall into the sun. If, however, the planets were originally started in circular orbits, e, e', e', kc.^ would be O at the creation ; and there* fore the constant would then be O ; therefore it would be O now ; and since the terms arc all positive, e, e', e'. &c., would always be O, ij$. the planets would always move in circles. — See HertcheVB Astran,; Airty*9 Ijmtieh Lrcturrt; Airr^'t Tracts (PUtnrtar^ Theory) ; RutVu M§eJuimie9, * The question is rather vague. Theoretically there is nothing to prevent this happening. ( 1 ) Considered with regard to its orbit. In planetary motion, V* =s -i^ — -^ where v ^ the velocity of the planet at the point of its orbit r a under coii8ideration. r ^ its dintance from the sun, a =r its mean distance, and H ^ the al>tM>lute acceleration pruduceii by the Bun*s attraction. It is quite possible that another orbit might coincide with this at the point in qnestion, for which v** = -Jt — JL if by any external impulse v could be chanfsd to v', snd if v** =s 2 ^ then a' would be infinite, and this woold gire a pnrabolie orbit ; if v' oxcei-detl this quantity, a' would be negatite, which woold give a hyfterbolic orbit. If a planet were fo explode, the centre of gravis of the fra^menu wouM move just as before, and it wonld either be imposaifale for one of the fragmcnu to move in a parabolic orbit, nnless indeed Ibere were two that would do so. (2) Considered with regard to the maes of the planet, it would be im^ioasible for it to become a oomel ; in the case of an esploaioii, a small portion of it might poaaibly become one. 424 AfrrROSOMICAL CORRRSPOKDBSCE. Tile loamMl Porham' thinks that oomeu are the place for the dainnr««i, that thorr thov mav Im« !ion)tihIi* of the eitretnitiet of cold ti hoat. It in trup wore wo to ha%'e the Mine bodva after clpAth iTf* now havo, tin* turmrnt we nhoiiM ivvl bv liein^ in a mnirt won Id l»e very ijrrat, hut this cannot be. Therefore I ahoiiM incline to what •'^ir Isaac ^.i,V'«, that they are clenif^neJ for fuel to the Min, nr tn ^ive nioi«ture to «onie of tlie planeta. I wa well re<*«)Tore«i nf hi<» acrident, that he prc»|MHM*!4 in be down utaim in a dav (tr two. I t4ild hirn that I hail lM*en favoured with a letter from ynti. He Im*;;pnI to hear what I c«»uld mv in annwer, which I pave him nearly ax I have wrote alM>ve. He aaid it arou«ed him 9*y mu«*h that he wxh deterniine«i to look into Sir Inaac, A would have what Bradley puhli«he!i. If an\thin(S occum herp, whi*rehv I C(»uld Im* nervicc^ahle to you, I Khouki l>e |(Iad at all timcH to shew vou how much I am. Your mo^t oblifrt*«I aervant, Pktrr Wtcrb. CLXVII. R. Meap *'to n«vTOR SrrKri.rT, at Grantham« List'OLSsiiiRK.** — If. F. St. .1. Omiond Street, Apr. 4, 1727. D<*ar Sir, I have the favour of youn^ of the 24th laat pa»t. Our|p^Mt fn*ind Sir Na.io Newton d\e«i of an inflammation & exooriatioo of thf ni-ek of (he lil.idiier, which threw him, after about 7 daja illne««, into c l.inoi.n ib 1 7*'3 . iiiccause I could not then readily rccollei*t the reasons that induced me thereto, I have therefore since more strictly examined tlie matter, &, find that my opinion was not altogether ill grounded, * The title of the work here alladed to !• ** Chronology of Ancient Kingdooit Amended:" it was pablUhed in London in 1728. editor John Condniti. Mr. Condaitt married Catherine Barton, the faToarite nieoe of bir laaae, and fucoeeded him in his ofBoe at Matter of the Mint. Their daaghler married John. Vinooant Ljmington. (Bee page fiS.) The memoir of 8ir laaae, pie- pared by Dr. Stakelej, thna became the property ef the Earla of ^MtaoMOth, of Hurst boame. — See Atkeiutmm, Ap. 1, 1S^2. The body of Rir laaac lay in state in the Jemaalem chamber, and was interred in Wcatminater Abbey. 426 AHTRONOMICAL CORRBHrOMDKICrE. for that till* AMtrriMnfi wero forniMl nomi* hiimiredii of vrani hefora thi* first Scar iif Arifs w:m in iho \rry ln'^irmin^ thereof, A con- MH|iii*titlv ihi* lM*;;iiiiiin^ of A»>tronomy munt he still much earlier, for it (Mii't Im* n-aMinahly ^ii|)|MiMKi that i^i^fnt an im|>ruTeinent kh tilt* fortnin^f th«* (NinMriiiition*^ i*fiulii Im* efl'M*t<-il in the very iiifan«*T of AHtniiinni\. Till* ni<*thiMi I iiM»k tn inform myM*lf in theiie|«r- tir:ivtil«-n« Ari(*ti«, A markiii hv Ha\er with the Ureek h'tttr 7 : in Arif^ :?> .M' with north laiituih* 7 nV Sf^". Tlie e«|uiiioi tial )Niint> niovi* in antiffiinitia, A th«-ir motion, art^#rtl- iiii; til thi- I »tr*t A Ih'sI oliM'r\atitiii*, i^ iinr «li*j:ri-o of a fn^'at cin*lr in 72 ihihan %iMr^, wliirh niakf* thi- ti\tii ?itar» a|i|M*ar to mo\r a^ niui'ii in (iinH^ijuentia : A thf-rffurt* tht* (ir«t Star (»f Arie^ in tin' iM-ifinnin-: of ilu* vi-ar Iti'JH h:iil Inin 1'h77 voar* waiuivr- in^ ttuni thi- \t rnal «i{nino\, «V ronMt|Urnih a linr drawn thniu;;h it A thi* |Mih* of th«' iTJipiii-k |»a«^Ml hy tliat |Niint in the .Itfl^tb ve.ir lM-fort» thir ^ ul;^ar ;t*ra of < 'hri^t. or aluuil tht* 4th vear of the ll7tii iiUnijiiail. In thr hi irinnin;: lit thi' vi-ar I7:?n I)r. Il:i!l«*v placr^ tht* «aroe fitar in Arir« 2!* !<>', ihf*ri'ftire h\ tht* like iiini|intation a* aliuve, a hno «lT.n\n fpun thir I'diptiok |Hih' thr liffort* tin* I'ml of the year 1719, that 1'*. in thr ^iM'.ith %car U'furt* t'hri^t. a« aUi\r. Mi-titn A Kui liiii-iii, in onlrr t^ |>iihli*h th«* Lunar Cycle of l!* \i >r«, iri till \r.ir lH*i'ir Na <* Ni'Mtiin'' ^\^ thit AiliilU* Taiiu* tc*IUii« tliat 9ome antii'MfU [ilMiNNl thi* «ol«tirr rn ihi- L';:iniiini: of t 'aticrr, oChm in i\iv H{\i liijnt* «it t'inivr. lithrr* alii*ut iIh* lith ilei^ree, 4 oiImt^ all! Ill I till- I'lth «lr;;ri e tin rftit. Anti In mi bence Sir Imjm, ** Vnlr ' Ni«urtcnai aad ('..lumella W. 8TUKELET AND OTHERS. 427 with just reason, argues that this variety of opinions proceeded from the precession of the equinox/' then not known to the Greeks. If so, then the equinoxes at the time of this observation made by Meton & Euclemon had gone backwards 7 degrees since they were in the 15th degree of Aries & Libra respectively, which at 72 years to a degree will take up 504 years, & therefore the equinoxes & solstices were in their respective 15th degree of each cardinal sign between 5 & 600 years before the first star of Aries was in the vernal equinox, & consequently the forming the Asterisms, & much more the beginning of Astronomy, was much earlier than you imagine it was. As you desired this, I hope it will be something of an excuse for me in troubling you with it. I can't thoroughly persuade myself that I write to one that wants to be informed of the sub- ject matter of my letter, but only whether I could make out my assertion, which if I have done so as to r^ain your approbation, it will be a very great ple^isure & honour to. Sir, Tour most obedient humble sen'ant, John Catlik. CLXIX. George Lynn "to Mr, Edward Lawrence."" — H. F. St. J. Mar. 26, 1736. Sir, I am very glad to find you took tliosr observations of the times of the late eclipse you was i«o kind to send nie, with that most exa*llent royall pendulum of Mr. Graham's which you had so well adjusted. I was wishing wee could have been together at the time of the eclipse, & indeed in hopes all day of seeing vou here, however I mounted all the 3 telescojies, viz., your reflector, my 13, & 7 foot. The last I alwaies heretofore used in eclipses " The PreceMion of the Eqainoxe* it tUit«HA fn>m, in order t4> tf*ttJe th«* ilitfcrenoe of longitude of placrH ; for as to the b<'ginning or end i»f an f*cli|iae of the m«M>n, 'tis vcrv difficult to determine the time theretif with any niretv bv rexs4»n of the demie p««numbra. Hut uh<*n the true hliaiie hu« him*!* entnni u|ion the nio«»n you may (with either of theM* 2 ti'leM'^iiiea), purHue it exactly. The lieginntng k end indeed «»f tot all darknoM may be difttinguished pretty exactly even without a tel«*M*o|»e, (though better with) ; but when an ecli|iAe i% but |>artiall, the approach to, k recmn from, the above a|Nit!>i is of excellent um*. The best of thos** spota are Paloa Mara-otis, Mons Porphyrites, Hiera Insula, I^cus Niger Major, Mons Horminiu*«, k Mons Herculis ; tliere an* many otherm, but they an* so large that Uith sides ihoold b«* taken, k are not Ml wril defin«*d as those above named. I fibM;rveil, by my cl(K*k regu latent by immcr^ion^ A eiinT^ionn of the following «| time) here, as follows March 15th, 173.'»-6. Mtiii^ Pi»qilivrilt»s immergeit . Hiera Insula .... I^cu«» Niger Major (the middle of it) Mons Horniiniu« .... Mon« Iii*rruli«» .... MiMiii ttiLilly imimTgeit or lN*;:innin;; of UiUi\ darkn«-Mi MiMin •Miutli ..... MtMin began to emiTge, or enil of totall darkness Mon* Ptirphynten emergen! Ijiru% NigiT Majtir emergeil . Mons Herculi* emerged *(l waa hioderNl froa iakiag tbc eo4 of ioull darioMeB ao exactly ho mvriilMn line, the miIa. a (bv • •pparpnt 1 n»» i;»' »5" I 10 29 3 I 10 37 40 t 10 4i; 49 t in 53 3M 11 M :i4i : 12 0 10 t !:; 49 10» 1 IS 54 37 t 13 6 49 i 13 31 15 W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 429 as I could have wished, though the error is but small. All the rest may be depended upon for exactness). I am sorry you was not so kind as to call on me in your way to Stamford, or any other time lately, however I desi^ when you have gott your royall pendulum in order, &c., at lilr. Neale^s, to spend a long day with you there, & wee may confer upon mat- ters that may be usefull to us both. I beg of you to put the small slider (now you are to remove) upon the rod of your pen- dulum, which I am sure you will like, it may be rather heavier than wee proposed. I hope wee shall get Doctor Stukeley to undertake a good map of the moon,'' which is much wanted, he shall have both mine, which are the best I could get to help towards it, though bad is the best. I hope likewise that you have, or soon will get, a 7 foot glass such as mine, to take in a large area, & use with the circular micrometer, &c. Wee must " There is no sort of mention of anj Map of the Moon bj Stakeley in the Philot, TraHi. Neither T. W. Webb, nor R. A. Procter, in their works, name Stukeley in connection with maps of the moon. Probably therefore he did not undertake it. Hcvelius published his Selenographia. with a Chart of the Moon, engrared on metal by himself, 1647. It is probable that this it the Chart alluded to. Herschel says {Attron, Art. 437), that they were not without great merit at the time, but have become antiquated. The first trustworthy Chart of the Moon was constructed by Tobias Mayer, and was published at Gottingen, 1755, 13 years after Mayer*s death, among his 0|iera Inedita. Lohermann, 1824 and 1838; Miidler and Beer. 1837. in ** Dcr Mond.** published chartt. These, and others made by Cassini and Russel. are mentioned by Herschel aa the best. He also mentions a model of the moon*s risible hemisphere by Madame Witte. It may not be out of place here to mention that Dr. Stukeley contributed an Astronomical Memoir to the Royal Society, ^ An account of the eclipse |««- dieted by Thales" [Philos. TranM., 1753. vol. xWiii., pp. 221 226]. In this memoir he says — ** Whilst I lived in Lincolnshire I was Tisited by Mr. Edmund Weaver, who has composed complete tables of the celestial motions, which Dr. Halley on inspection thought valuable, but in some degree to have been aided by his own tables. Mr. Weaver was an iostanoe of great merit in obecnrity, and died at his own little house at Catborp, near Grantham, Dooember 27th, 1748.** Dr. Stukeley says that he was intimate with him 20 years, and now produces Weaver*s calculations relative to the eeli|«e of Thales, B.C. e08 ; tbcj are accompanied by a map of Aiia Minor, where the edipee waa seen. 43<) AtrmONuMICAL CXJRRCHruyDBIICK. cultivalo ilu|>it4»r'* when )io i-oim*^ on, an afToniinf^ much the must rr«*ti«|Ut*iit k iiMi« for the current year, hut lieiii«li*!>i you mu!«t (uhirh I want t4) talk with you a^in mliout), make vnu a Mitel lite in«tniinrnl whieh will at anv time ahow vou the flit nation of eat*h. ^ith tin- time of their tranftitA by one another, a.H UM-full an the i*<-li|iM'A, & not yet any where calculated that I know of, or indeetl taken noti<*e of, till oommunicated by uic in the Tnnsartion^.'^ I return \our refl<*ciur with thauku for tho UM* of it ; 1 lM*lievi* the li^ht^ will lie mnut coHTenicat where I hivr |»lac«Hi tht-ni. lUit your «'ur tihleip-«i ik inimt humlile lervaot, Gxn. Lryy. II 4iAliler»r<»|«- ha«l a H f<-*t nl-jn-t pla** with an a|«rtafV of 3f 4-1" inrhra. ami aii r;r-/Ua« ••( .*| iiiihra ftira- lca|rth Ilia ubacrralMHM art •ifilt iif :iniiirr*i"ria ai •! c nirrs.'-ra in Jii|>iirr • • aii<'« T li« rrfcTvart br Bohoi t>i Ni 4.1«> "I thr /'Aiiw Tmms la !•■ a |4i|«'r l>T Jamoa ll«ii1»io. F H h . fivtag a li»t fur 1736 iif th« iimr* uf iminrraiifkB ami rincr*ii>iiao# tbr aalollitoa noiUo ID I^iiilofi Tti^ Ktw A Frrrman. Krlltw of M Jobn'a I'lTllrgr fa»bc1dgf, anil Itrpuiy l** the rUiaian Vr**Umm»T of ABinifiii«iy tbcrr. layi br b^ oft— tbouichi thrrr «>iu'lTMita»T in oharrTinf tbo rola&iw BoUoao af Jupttrr'a aaltfllitra aoi *r\j: thrin«r>r« t«rticularly their oonjoactinao vtth olhrf and he thinka (ienry* l.ynn may have hail ihr aaair idaa vboa bt of their tranaiu by nn-> anchor Tbr Mtellitc inairoDiont.'* bt br a kind uf urrrry •pecialli ilrt i*d fur Japilcr aad bit W. STUKELET AND 0THBB8. 431 CLXX. George Lynn " to Mr, Edward Lawrence, at Mr. Neil's, in St. Martin's."*^— H. F. St. J. Southwick, 2l8t July, 1736. Sir, Finding in the London News an account from Suiniford that there was 8 inches of rain fell there those 3 davs at the beginning of this month, I was a little surprised that it should so much exceed what fell here, for by my account (the exactness of which I have no reason to distrust) wee had but just 4*9 or near 5 inches in all, from Fryday the 2d in the evening till Mun- day noon, & want to know whether you sent tliat account that it may be depended upon. I think you did not mention to me your taking the moon's passing the meridian by your instrument, the time of which, with its altitude taken either by day or night, you know, deteruiines its present place in the heavens, & would be of great use to astro- nomers, especially to Doctor H alley, who has been labouring many years that way to perfect the moon's theor}- in order to find the longitude at sea.*' The passage of the rest of the planets " The ^>ariih of St. Martinis. Suunford, otherwise called Stamford Baron, is that part of the town lying soath of the river Welland. and is in North- amptonshire. " This has been one of the great problems of the application of Astronomy to narigation. ice. Various methods have at different timet been pro|io8ed. The simplest is that of using an accurate chronometer keeping Greenwich time, and comparing it with the local time as deduced from observations on the sun ; but thi8. in the last century, could not be dc|iended of on in consequence of the chronometers being not sufficiently well made. It is in considerable favour now. Another method is by obMrving an eclipse of the moon. The difference of local time when this takes place, determines the difference of longiiude : but this is of little unv, partly owing to the rarity of lunar ecli|«es, and partly to the difficulty of taking accurate observations. Another method, analogous to the preceding, is by observing eclipses of Jupiter *s satelliten. This is frequently ui«cd. because these eclipses hapften on most days ; but it cannot be well used at St a, because of the difficulty of adjusting a telescope. The method probably alludeil to here, is that of lunar distances. t>. observing the distanoM of the mo(>n frT>m certain known stars, which are previouslj calculated and registered for every three hours of Greenwich time, and ihot calculating the Greenwich time of the obs«irvaiion, the difference between which and the local time gives the longitude. A few other metlioda, beaidea theee, ara giToi in ** HjiBcn*t Astronomy.** 432 AflTBOMOIflCAL COfUUHPOlfDEIICB. would likewise be of use to settle their plaoes k periods, Ac. I forgot to tell you thmt I see se%'oraII »{m>U in the sun whilst I was looking to nee him pass your uimdian, smoakt glasses I find for thut piiqM>se are much better than coloured ones, i, today I oounte«l no lesf% than 21 s|jotA in the sun," great k little, which is tlie most that ever 1 knew. • • • # Jupiter now ap|>earing t4> advanu;:ey I am a little at a Iosa for my Mtellite instrument & tablen of i*cli{«es which I left with too, k beg they may be Hcnt by tht* iN^arcr. I ho|ie you hare got aa instrument in forwartlneiu* for yourM*h\ ^ should be Tery ready to asttiM in tlu* making it needfull. And remain, Sir, with the gre«U*«%t resiM'ct, Your mo!tt humble servant, Gio. Lryy. Humble service to Dr. St4»wklev, Mr. ^ Mrs. Neil, Ac. rhXXI. EnWARI> liAWRKNCK ''Til THK UeV. I)r. STUKBLBT.** — U. F. St. J. Stamfonl Hamn, I>rc. 4, 173ik Deur Sir, Viewing the sun this day (to my great sQrpriae)| there ap|ieareil a cluftter of large »|)ots, I believe more A larger than ha*« Ut^n «ern fi>r manv vear*. If vuu are at leisure, I would be;; the favour (thin fine aAerii«K>n) t«» wulk up to take a prrfeet draught of them ; A you'l i>blige. Your humble servant, Edwd. Iuwhbkcb. I\S. — If you cannot conveniently come up 1 will send mv tele^*o|*e A come to you. ■* Tliii !• an mufwlin^ ni»tKY ttf chr asD's i^iU. OsliUp m« tbr •uo with bia flnC or Mooti*! UlcMropv. Hf p«blisb«d a «nssal vaxuma of then la 1413. Ilami4t. Kabnciaa, and 8eki«w. alao tmm am rlj al tbt aaaa tumrn viU O«lilao. W. 8TUKELEV AKD OTHERS. 438 CLXXII. Thomas Wright to ? [No address].— H, F. St. J. St. James, 25 Feb., 1742. Dear Sir, I have just time to tell you that this morning, abont 3 o^clock, I was so happy as to see the comet,' but for want of propper instruments to observe it mechanically, I was obliged by help of lines to do it naturally, which I effected thus : see the adjacent figure. Ljra Alii ir€o> w /IRP ^ylkrctfl9€% o. # B Ai: ropresentH a vortical circle passing through the center of the comet 12' past 3 o'clock ; at which time Lyra, or the bright ' The comut of thii year was teen in all purU of Europe, bot waa fini (litectcU ut thu Ca[k; uf Qtiod Hope on Februarj 5th. {^Himdon (hmets^ p. H7}, Is^jk l'ai\\c6 clcuiuiiu of the orbit are, Greenwich mean time of Perihelion CO 434 ASTRONOMICAL COHES8POKDBICCB. star ill till* harp, waa di.sUnt fnuii it tlio full csxu-nt of tba equi- Imt4*rul triaii;;l«* (K Y z foniKHl )>v Lvra tV tlio ^null sUr marked Z. And by ex tend in;^ a thn*nd from I.yni to the imall Mar X noar tho lirad of tli«* liitio fox, I fi»niid it to |»aiiii through the ct^ntiT of the cxjinrt, which at that tim«* wa« distant from the ftlar Oy juHt twioi* tht* di.Htaiiiv of a /{ ; but to Im* more ^ure of tin* oi[n«*t*M pliuv I iip|»lyt*d a tliroati from Alliinsi in tht* nwan'i bead to li in the vulture, Al found that tlio omirt wan jui4 twice at far distant from tho thnskfl on th«* om> !»i«lti »«» the Mtar a ua* on the other. The tail |Hiintt'«l to Arcturu^ in :i dinvtion lietwixt V L O in IlerruK'H ap|N*arin;| ti» U> aUiut 1* df^ni^n in lrnj;th. Now a.H all ihfM* •itir^* platv^ an* knuwn, th«* itunetV place niav U* eaiiilv found, iV tb«* tim<* of oliM'ivation 4*urrM*tt*«i ; & if you pleaM' to »hfw it t«» Mr. Marhin I ho|ie it may be of Home service till U^ttor are made. I am , Sir, Your obliged MET, to K. Galk.— H. C. IVunycuic, Mar. i:i^ 1742. Hy ilii« liiiir I lio|H' \ou ha%e M't n the eniii«*t, I have ami it every u if I had oIi^tvmI it auuorr. It ^avo inc L'ri-at jo\ , a^ h.ixin;; In'<'U in ili*«|air e%'or to aee one ; however, thi* li;:ht of the mtion, \ the du^keneMK* of the »kr« hintiertfl me tri'«jiientl\ from M-ein^ if, tmely, a* I had made mraelf ac^{uainte«l with il^ patli. »iiii*«* it ukiwhI out nf the win;* of <'\ jnii«, I w.i^ ^ M«im«- a( :i |i>*M* to tiii.l it uilii tli«' nak«^l €%C. l«a<>t iii^lit. aUiul (en, I had a \«*r\ distinct view of il, 4 Kcbruar} "th. 4t. .1 'tu 17 4'J >jl I^ i.;;.!..!t ..f ririhrlii*!! .'17 3'. 13' A»rii.a.i.^- N.^c . . . I-;. M '-i* liicliiatii'ii (MT yj M' l*cnl.rlifn ilistanor . . O'TG&M Arii-rf.' ,: 1 •(!.<' t!^*^n ilrftwii *y Mr Wri^'t.t. it «ri>al4 Apprar that ita ffigte tt0Ocbt*ui. !■ l^b :.'^tD mu*l liurth ilccli&au«Mi aUml M*. • raU Ud. VLQ. \V. srUKELET AND OTHERS. 435 shewed it to all this family. I will describe the figure it made with Ursa major & Ursa minor with the degrees, so that you cannot misse to see it in its path towards the shouldera of Auriga with the naked eye. to which the figure it makes is generally this [a nebulous mass of light, brighter in the centre], & sometimes shows its tail like a ray of light upwards, I saw its tiil last night about 3 or 4 degrees in length, just at ten. * ^ * * # Uraa TUtnor C ^ # £# # # Ursa major A, the |)olar star, 10 degrors i'nmi the stars b <& c on the neck of Ursa minor ; iV these stars B i C are about 4 degrees from out' anuthrr. l> the comet about alnmt 7 degrees from the polar star A, A: forni> a point of an isosceles triangle from the said star A with a small star £ of the 5th magnitude, about 4 degrees west, iV under the star A. Hy tlicsc riiU's, iV (•oinpirin;^' distances with your naked eye, vou cvinnot but find out the nnnot, which l»v the time this comes to your hand may l>e 12 dcgrci-s, or |)erhaps 15, from tlie polar star wotwan.1, direcUv towanis Auriira, on whoM.* shoulders are two stars; that on the left is of the first magnitude, &, called Capella, tliat on the right shoulder is of the 3d or 4th. Its motion was at first atK)ut 5 degrees in 24 hours, but aa it bocom(*s hi^^hiT its apparent motion is much lesse, I doubt not above 2 ilegnes. Its tail, even according to Sir Isaac Newton*8 notions, diti'uscs va|>ors through the planetar)* world, & ocmse- 436 A8TBONOMICAL CX>RRESroKDC!CCB. quently rnani Aftt*ot iiiankinil in sonic (ii*^ri*«* or other. I clefve any hiiturian to fthow ua ito many ahorution*i a.<« have b««*n in the affaires of Kuro(M* ninoi* iu Hrf»t cHmiin^ intt» our latitudr,' I know not what diM*aM*H of tlu* iNMly it may hrin^ alon^; with it, but 'tin pretty inUl that, aUnit 2 wt^ck** a^o, all our funx** iVIl ill of the cold in tin* h|)aco of 24 hourh, Uith at l'Iw then oomca it by m» long a tail of va|»urK, nnlew* it be rom|ioiicd of other mettall than tho.se 2 planetJt, wlii* eniitt no taiU ? Dr. Knight sent me from London the Karl of Oxford's cata- logue of rarity*s, ^ a very valuable collection.* I am, dear Sir, Youm, ^c, J. Cluuc. CLXXIV. (iKoiiGK \ViiisT*»N- *'Tu DtL Sti»elet."— U. F. St. J. Lvndon, Kebr. 9, 1743-4. Sir, I herein M*nd von mv m'onnd thou;:litA aliout the comet/ 4 ' It wmM wtrj irrtirraJIj thuUiTbt thai I lie aiifvArancc of a OAuar of ▼An«)U« raUuitir*. aii«I usual! v nf rii-r««(«r!T hu( weather, ^«ll•e• qvrtit ot«ervaticin« hatv iliafirMrtl ihit Lutii-n cuai|- tir.y * Tlir ivrihrliffi iu iLr auit tliAU \ « liU* !■ Ii.i tl.lTiritt* .• im*!.* ,|*|. »hicL, lAiir.f the eartli's iliaijuirt* ai *Ju mA'».'tim i<( B>..r« oirrr*|- '.il^ :■ 4.".'.i"'^* oiilr*. At prcarnt. tlie ■uii'i }4waI!ax t«iti|; ct>t>B:>lcrr«l * '*■> m rv ri rrrctl? tban » 'S* •• pven by Encke. the eArtli • tji»tjiiti-r Uf^'Hirs '.•! .''.«<.J«ii oidr* mhI tiM Uiflcr* •not uf ilialAiice I'f Vrtiut Aittl tlit- 0'Qj<'; • ■« rihr. . itt\- mr« .l>*r.lf*J mlc* * At th:« •«!• Mr Martii. V*- k> • ^»nv IJ ^u.. ra* fxr • •hailing of llenrv Vll.. 4 6 ipiinniAA fur m ft^mi I^«rl lVnii|k. CttucliAfit. uit A I'.Aft k ftt-'iiC |c«lraCA; 94 ~IL !•., fruOi Dr. K. 4 K * Tlic ri'Oirt •)>ikro uf Uvtk wai itit hiira; o-mrt ^f the 1Mb ormlitfj. (//laJ ••« lafmeti. ^. I IT; U m^ Uib«*>«i roi *: ii^lcm. bj iUu Dk. t. 1«U. Ita ckawU m givcu bj HctU i|». IJO^ m IuUuw : W. STUKELET AND OTHEBS. 437 you must not wonder that we cannot foretell its several circum- stances, as well as those of the planets ; for it is not one of the comets whose orbits are already known, but one whose orbit we are now first gradually gaining the knowledge of, by repeated observations, as often as the sky permits. I suspect now that it will not be in its perihelion till about Febr. 20th, &. that it will then be considerably nearer to the sun than I before reckoned. By reason of its northern latitude it will 1)0 visible in an evening for some time after its perihelion, & probably in a morning a little before sun-rise, about the end of this month, though its not rising till twilight is up, & its small hei/^ht above the horizon at that time, must greatly diminish its real splendor ; but as it will aften;\'ards move into southern latitude, k turn near &. short round the sun, having but small apparent distance from it, & hardly rising before it, I do not ex|)oct that it will be much visible to this our northern hemisphere after this month is over. Its tail not seen to the best advantage from our earth, about Feb. 2, but it really prows much longer as it approaches to the sun, though its direction (for it is always op|>osite to the sun), shortens its appearance to our view, as it comes between us &, the sun. Pray annex this account to my former plan (though I do not yet pretend to certainty), & believe me to be, Tours, &C., Geo. Whiston. CLXXV. Sir John Clerk "to Dr, Stukelbt.''— H. P. St. J. Edcnbargh, 16 July, 1748. My dear Doctor, I embrace this op]x)rtunity of making my compliments to you, but am extreamly sorrj' that your friend Mn Tathwell is to Greenwich mean time of perihelion pMMige, March Ift, Sh. 17m. (1744 MM,) Lonfdtade of Perihelion 197^ ir 55' Ascending Node ... 45^ 45' 20* Inclination 47^ r ST Perihelion Diatanoe . . 01»206. Motion Direct. 438 ASTRONOMICAL C0HKESPOyDE3fCC. loavo UK I thank ymi fur makiii;; mv tict\\\n'u\U'*\ with thi^ y^un;; man, for he i» extn*amU' %h»MTviii;;, &. Iuia the ;:«hk1 wi^hen of all who know hiui. Aa you ari» omstantlv lalNuiriiif; for the l>em*fit k em>»urap»- ment of learniii;;, I shimM In* \en' ^lad to know whit may he under vour roD^^iiiiTalinu ;it |»r«*iH'nL I am ni»w \ thi-n di'.iliii:: in tlii** \%ay, tV \\\\\ HMin pn-MMit you will) a hmall I^iiiiii* tli*<*i rt.-.linn nn M»nir Human Antii{iiitir» herp ri*latinir to the (iin1i*s« Iiri-Mntin.iif whtiin I ha\e tlic Matin* ft»und here, with tw«» nr 3 in^ Ti|itiiin*>« whifh I Innnrrly ;:.-i\i" tn Mr. IIi»r!t<*lfy, k which wen- iiHornTtly piilili>h4ti in hi<« Itntannia Ibiniana. Two day?* a-jii lill onr virtiiti«>i hrn* uen- takrn np i*ith the Ocli|M4' of the •tun. What \%r 4il»MT\t^i \irr(* olmrtly ihi*^*, that Uio caK'uhiti<>n<» h^nl Us-n \rry r^artly made; that the (vli|i«e wa.s nut annular,' hnt tui:;ht In* %»* tiirthi-r nurth ; thit thrre was no darkness nitirr than i^ u«u d aUmt HuiiM-t; that tlir m.ieuUt were in nutnlnT alNnit :?.'i, ^mir \itv (i|nrh |iearanc*«\ lar::er in dianieti-r than aUmt tin* ISth or 1 4th |iart (»f an in<-Ii, arent diameter of tli«- ••iin*> Imilx niu-t In* e«|u:d, if nIliiw, that tht' vihole limlv «if tin* «un finik not always illuminati«ii. A a- thrn* !»|Nit^ c)ian;;itl their |dae<-t A, a|i|iear* anccA, it mvuh-iI to U* evident that hot & nultrv MMnonn i«ere occaMoned hv ;:rrat illnniinatiiin?* of that hudv ot tin*. S«imr of thest* »|iotji eli.in;:i-il tin ir :i|i|Naranef9« while we livokt at them, which mi;;ht U* (KvaHinneil li\ tlu* ^un'n ntlatinn niun«l hi» o«D aaiA. .A 4 to I 111* ivii|i-4' iivlf', A ••nr y tlr;:ri^*« h<* may attain t«> a jierlei-t kinmh^lp? uf * Rev. J. John»tn. oi, • K. ',|«r« VmM Anil Kniure ' (J. I*ftrkrr A ( o^ OUaM ADd London 1174 . m,i« y i.'.. - A t» 17 1** An k!i(«c of the mb f U IA difiU in Bitifnifuilr at l^fl-n. ai.t u!ar in Ni4*and ' >Un »«4irrd iW ■otltod Ai^waranrr uf il.i- ruh • | In |i«| btrt. Tlr " icd a0fe.«s" iftdicalad lif a klad af btwa lif bL W. STUKBLBT AND 0THBB8. 439 the motions of the moon. We bad canons fired from our castle at the beginning, middle, & end of the eclipse, to give notice to some of our observers at a distance of 40 or 50 miles. But as tlie science of astronomy must advance by slow degrees we must wait for the returns of comets & the transits of planets over the sun's body, with many other things necessary to be known by reiterated observations, before we can be certain of many things. We had 3 French missionaries from China present, who lately arrived in our Frith in some East India ships. I acquainted you some time ago of the barbarous demolition of the ancient liomau Temple called Arthur's Oveu,^ & that a drawing was preparing to preserve its memory. This was to be taken from what you was so good as to publish some years ago, & from a drawing made by one of our best geographes, 5Ir. John Adair, deceased many years since. I'll be mighty happy to hear from you, & I beg you would not wait for franks or covers from any body, but send your letters to me with this direction, '* To Sir John Clerk, one of the Barons of the Exchequer ut Edenbrough." I beg my compliments, &c. » • • • I am ever, though in a burn' at present, my dear Doctori Your most faithful humble servant, John Clerk. Tour old acquaintance & mine, Mr. Grordon, continues very well in C*arolina. I have heard from him within these few months, & find he is vastly weary of that part of the world. I must not forget to acquaint you that Mounsier Monoyer, one of the Royal Academy in France, who was some years ago sent to Laj)land^ to measure the northern degrees, came hero ' A drawing of thiM Rtnictarc in pven in **Qord«n*t Itin. Septentr..** p. 24 tab. i?., and is tlcM:ril>C(l a^ a sacrlltim, or little chapel, a repository for tbo Roman Iniiipiia, or gtAtidardd. Thin drawing it reproduced I»t fVnnant, ** A Tour in Scot1anni which circumMnn«^ one would In* tempted to think that the ;;ik1!« were still careful to pn-MTVi* the honour of their templea, but leavin;; thcM* pnln to the antient |MN*t», we maj at leant ob<«rve that sacrilcp^ m:i\ U* conmiitleil in a heathen temple, which has In^en thf opinion of (Srotiufk \. many learned men, &, conMNpiently that it may nu^'t with dciter%'i*d puniidi- ment U|Min lookin;; over thin letter I find it both ermruned k ill writt«*n, but I Iio|m* you will make a »hiA to n*ad it if you chance to have any time to lK*>tow on it. I wan oblid;*eil to write in a hurry. Adieu. CLXXVI. T. Harker "to Uev. Dr. STrkELCv."— IL F. St. J. Lyndon, Oct. 3, 1757. Rer. Sir, I am much obligeil to you for tlie notice yon gave me io your letter of Sep. 2t» almut tlie comet lately M'en, which however I liaTe not U^n able to tinm.. Ix>ngitade of IVribclion 122^ iur ; Ancending Kodc 230' W : India* •tion i^f!^^ !!»' ; Pcriliclion niptancc 0>2i:ui5. MoCioa diftcC. Gskalalcil hf ringrv. — Froiu «A H, Uimd^ »m Omets. pw 1.10. " The elemcntii jast fdven vlieir tiMt IhUi wHI owaa the c«ioi4rllalioa Libia» •nd not the Sigii. ■' Vide aepAnite sooosnt of TmnAmm. la A|meatWa, » Samnd Barker, the father of this miiitli mb, was the dMSsaJsl eC as Ancient and nt»pectable fsniljr nt Ifikloa, ta BatlsadeMta, off wUch htqmtA notices maj be aeen In the mumoln off the Itarasd WOlinai WMHea, aftd was remarkable for a critieal kBOf«rM|a off kagascss, partioalaity the Hikiivt and hi! mother waa 9mn^ Mr. Whfaloali Jsagbtiff, Mr. TIms. AhIbv was a 442 ASTKOHOMICAL CORRnfOlfDIICCIL In iU doMM-nt, May, 16H0. « 2" S. 12* e 11* 8.0* III itji ftiicent, Mar., ir>85. nt 2 8. 18 ^L 14 N. 2 I)c«c«nt, Au;,ni!it, ItiHl. u 22 8. 10 e .S S. 0 Japltet Anocnt, NovciiiInt, ir>83. nt 11 S. 17 wf, 9 N. 1 remarkaMc inaiAncr of AtjaicmiuuMirM. hATinft UiCallj rrfimineij from miiaaI fuoil. Dot tkruugh iirrjuiliftr of amjt kiml. or frtim mn itlra that Mich a rvifimrfi WAS miMucivc u* Inti'/cviir. M ibiffno i>f tlic orw*|4ipcr» impMprrlj tCAtcvl cwt from A pecuIiAiitjr of niiistitutitui Mhioh iliamvrreil itarlf in hii infft&cj Ti!l wit 111 II A few jeArs uf hi* dcAth he rnjiijej Anjr nther circam»(anoe tj hit rieai|4Af7 roa> duct in All reAfwcu throoish the whulc uf a long life, ilcdicil 1 1 hi* M«th ytmt, at hi* h«iuM at Ljndon. Dccrmber 211, IMrj. Hr waa the AStbor of •rveral tracta «»n rrligion. and phiUiaophica] •ul'j<ne on the diaenverMA euiic«*riiing ooaela, 1757, which CMiitaina a Tabic of the TaraboUk nach vaJaad bj Oi»n|ieieDt jiMlgM. antt rr|irinte«t Uj Sir II. Eag!r6n the rrturti of tbc citinrt eipect««l in 1757 or I7tf . " (/4i/. Tr, 1759. p 917} : (4)"C>nihcmutaiiuntif the«Ura."|')ieci(-a Cfiicrriunt: II im melhiatiaed with t(»cir acoj*' pliAliment." Wmi ^v•■. . CM" The nAiure and cirrumttar.cea uf the dcoMiniarB la Hie (}>i«pi > ttateil. mrthi«hBr«l. and omaiderrd in the aevera! particalarv. I'Kl^*' •vo. Mr Itarkrr • I'hil'*. Trratiir* re«luund highly to hu cn«lit . and in bia theuliigira! |iiroe«» tlmu^'ti hta arntiairntA on totte oocaAi<»ia are but la ooafot- ■iii; i4i tbf Onbfutni or K alvmiaticaJ. tctniA. the flrmncM of bit faitb. tbc tntevviij of hit heart, a^d hit booeai de»irr t<> priiOifte the intercutt of gcaaiat t^nttian tv are vrr; iip|«rent. When Mr. Wb Harmd (the ladaMnovA biAU>f laii of Siaoifurd. M ant Ac Id, and Market llarbotoagb.) icvijcctcilarcyabli- catuifi aiid roatibuaii«>n uf Wngbi't " lliac. and Aaliq of RaUand," la I70t, Barker wat ntie uf hit kimlept palront , aad lbtrAo of ^ A I? €»n till* tniiirt, i)n| only in oii^li tii*;ir :ipi>r'i;irlii*^ a«> it tnailr to tlirin ill iIh' yi-arn, ir»sn, HI, M."l, iV >.'», I»tit in tin- rriniit#»r partA of it^ or I lit :iImi, tV fiiuU :i ^n*:itiT variatinn than oih* nlHiiild ha%'e rx|N<«*ti* t'.ir a^ in at |)r('*M'nt kiitix^n in ;:ri*at coiitorinitv to fart. tV tin- (liniMviTy may, |NTha|i<», 'jwo jipht to thn c^uv of tlioM* |i»«.MT irrr^^nlarityi ntill fiMiml in tin* motions of the plaiirts. Till* lt*N.H4»r |il:iiiftn may al^i lia\t* Minn* inHurmv on the n»ini*t*!i motion. nani*t<« l^ovoml Satiini'* th<*n* iiiav lie, an be •■ >rr S'-tm mi letter nf IVftT Wtchr. " I*. 1* ratlici »iir|r no ri-aaim loaap[«M» Ihr r&iBtrfirf> of anr mttrr planrta Thr inTrtitioti uf the tclfTOfX. whick •|«*eil-Ir iiiilucctl the tliaoivrry of Jupilrr'a a*lrli:tca. ad«1 the iMpltivcBCttlA «h.tli I1.11I licfii ina«li- III ilimc iii«trumci.la arnl «Kirh ini|(bl wety ftr^Amhij U9 rarrifl**! !•• a »tili hi^hrr 4tr|;ri*«* **f rtcr\U-n>-r. ahiiulil liavr luf^irratni thai at that tinir tlK-rr wa« no aiifRrirnl rpiiai*n %** iltviiii nt^irr lifir wsj or the othcT. I'raiiua waa i1iM*fir« um**! rmC havinir lirrn auffinrntly faHrrrful In ahrw iia diac TW fir«t i>f ihv anirroi'U waa •liantwrnl on January 1. iMif NrpCanc waa Am cili«cr«r«t 1-y I>r. Ifallt-, lif Rcrhn on >c|>trihLrr J.l. IM'i. hr having tern dirccird t<> M-ar<-li liv I^Tirrii r'« riilriilar.iiTit . it hail la^n trru at <'aniljridc« bj I'm- ff««.ir (ItAlli* .in \uf:uM 4 aiitl 1.'. INK., m aroir r.ifnl ita |-1arr fitr r^-itharrration Ut, howrvrr. pnai|<»ad tW r^mfn^rt^'M of the plarra o)«rrT«^l. and noC puaaraaing Pr. B^HDikcr'a cbait, (which •«iultl havr at uhcr inil that Itirrr la a planrt >«*l«rrn Mrrrurr ariil the aun. to wbicb baa baca (ivrii ilir nam- i>f Vul< an 1,4^-artiauli ma>lr an uhaerTaiiim of it in traaait a.r--** ('■• •■II ) u' ;*. )ia« i.r«rr l^«-ii ri-t,hrm«l hi a* 1 ' t^ r» aurh ••barrTali«4i I^ii-rr.' r, h>i«r«i-r Iv'm fiil in ll !■ anil |«->i |-ii- wrr> inv.ir«l m the aaaiBrr uf |«r** t>i • Mw« 1« viairh lilt- aun (ni !«•• aia^'ifii thlavt. IhiI no rraiilt baa bm iiliCainr^l l^-«rrrirr II. o^'ht that ni<>rr tKaii • or intrrior |4anct wovhl br iir>ruiit fir thr •lialurhaiioa ••! Mi-ri.iiri. An Anirrican ultfiif brill «r«l hr aaw i«ii ••(•j^vta near iSe aun, itur.iik: a rrrrnt ccjipar. wbicb cvmM iiiiC hatr Urn atarv . but no frrat faith !■ attarhnl iu thia tVMarh. la *- AatP-notniKhr Narhnrhien." No tZ'»h Trtff ra^-r TtUra dianuaaa »Mt ol tlla ufi •|u>ii«>l ••! vert at I till a uf black round ■^>U |aaa«n»- on ibr ann, ncttrij alwaja Ri»lr liv ot^rurr amairura. arid it would a«rni thai l.t ctinclodca tkcar to bftfv l«vti t.ril>tiary aui.ai-iU (.V« ' dl^crtainr;.' IVrrnbrf. I MO). TW ienca tbrrvforv of Vulcan, and anuthcr pUnct, la aa ^ct aMrttaui. W. 8TUKELET AKD OTHERS. 445 mentions, for ought we know, but as none have ever *,been seeOi we have no authority to suppose there are. So many comets as there are moving all ways may sometimes cross one*[another; — that of 1680, going up from the sun, met this coming down about Oct, 1681, but in contrary latitude, about Feb. 1682-3| this going from the sun might pass 15 of the sun*s distance from that of 1683 coming down, both in south latitude. The comet of 1684 in its descent about midsummer, 1683, past by this in its ascent, but at 4 times the sun's distance asunder. These re- marks I do not give hy calculation, but only by inspection of my orandfather WTiiston's Solar Svstem, so are not accurate. Since all the comets' orbits meet near the sun, & disperse from thenoe to all quarters, it is a great chance whether in remoter parts two orbits meet both in the same longitude & latitude, & a still greater whether both comets are in that part of their orbit at the same time. I sent you the draught k description of the Book-spider, because not having Hooke's'* Micrographia, I did not know ho gave any large account of it ; all I had met with about it being in a 12'"** supplement to a 12'"" description of 300 .animals, which s{iys Dr. Hooke saw it but once, iV: that crawling over bis book, a place so far as 1 have observed not natural to it, living in cranies of wainscot, or perhaps as M. Parnham seems to have seen them, about the stone work of windows ; & mv draught, though pretty much like Dr. Hooke's, has several variations, particularly the bristlyness of the legs Si claws. That the lesser legs seem not to end in points, but in a cluster of bristles, though the greater claws are sharp pointed for what I know, BNCR. will Hot \\v\y iiit«) any form, & in tlu*ri*t*«irti laid in rxiugh, k ccint'nUMl with n va.st (|uantity i)f litnr. TIk* i*lJ nrrlit^A an* all cin*ular, as an; al>ui tin* oM winiloWM in tin* Ativ|}|i*, Ac, but miMlrnii/.i'ti iiit4i 2 (futliie-k arriios [t./. omvtTtc'vl into two Ii;;iitJ»], & an tli.'it, an wi'll lis till* apparent ancirnlnrsA of Uie pile, ahewi it wan not liuiit ?tiiu*t* tin* n*ntor.itioii of rirrular arc'li«*A on th«* revival of tin* artn in l:it«T a;;i* , it initnt I think ha^r U^*n huilt licfure thi* nharii-iMiintt**! (f«ithiok archcai caini* into uim*. I ibouM lie irlaii thfTi*r«>ri* (o Ih* inforniotl whrn it wa?* (hat tlir old tin'«*k cirrular .trt'hr.s wen* l«*ft otl', &. tho iiotliick fir!«t liruu;;ht in uw. Till* n«'\\>|ia|HT yi*nt«*nlay ini'iitioim tin* roinot having; bern seen :it l*arin, hut it w:i» Iimi c-loudy la.nt ni;;ht to look for it; if April 2, it wa.H ni*ar thr tail i»f Cipri«iirn, I nrkon itA |M?nbflion iniLnt h:ivi> Ih»imi full thrui' wiwk!% U-foro ; &, am afraid it will keep Ml much in the lowrr iiigii!i A: Muith l.ititinh*, llut thou;:h it will ODUie prrtty iu*ar un, it will not iiiakr tin* nhi*^^ in th<*n4* northern count rv!i an if it had Hlaid a month or two lon-Tr. With all due • '^ rea|H'cti«, I remain, Sir, Your vcrv humble servant, T. Uambb. Ap|>ni:it*lii>n of' till* roinvt of \t\S2 to Jiipi(«*r A: S.itum at ita last di-MM'nt to the sun. IIKUiirK.nThK*K PLAC'Ea L4)!IU LAT |i4>'- K I ■. Mil • "I M 1 i i: ■■■• ArrAUvrr ri.ACK ranii ^ Njkiurri 111 4 1 n f) .•: •! L'M UiNU LAT. r t: >; a si :•: n ' :l •! Ml .*•'. 'I r i«tiii> LAT Itfl Aag f» i'>mrt n .M 7 a ■• 4 1 ;. i^.li Ju ittr ^ :i :i*> A o .'. lI* J ij'it- r * 4 1 H I 'J '. 1^41 liini. T *' 14 / ■! If. LAT. ■. 4.' 20 1 lJS ■ p: ia 1 1. • • W. BTDKELBT AND OTHERS. 447 CLXXVIII. T, Babkbr " to Dr. Stukelet, Rector, of Queen Square, Ohhohd Stbbbt, London." — H. F. St. J. Nov. 6, 1759. Rev. Sir, The dissorULtion on the other sidft having cost me some pains & appearing to nie to he rtmarkiible, & what I do not find any one else has hil on, I hav« veiitnred to send it to you, & if you think it worthy, you are at liberty to show it to the Royal Society when they meet afrain. With nil due resj>ect, I remain, Sir, Your verj- humble Ser^-ant, T. Barker. Dissert ATioK, It ia well known there have been several alterations among the fixt stars, for instance Ptolemy's Ultima fluvii, a first niagni- tade star, is in Dr. Halley's catalogue of the southern constel- Jatione only a 3d ma^itade ; & in much leas time the S of the great bear which Bayer seems lo have judged just of the same size with the other 6 is grown fur duller than any of them. Some stars also have tjuitc disnppcared, while a^ain new ones not seen before have been discovered ; & there are otliers jieriodically larger i smaller. Two very remarkably bright yet short-lived Bt.irs have been also seen, one in Cassiopeia, the other in Serpen- tiriuR, which breaking out at oneo with greater lustre than any other fixed star, gradually faded, <\: changing to different oolourii, in about a year &. half were no lunger visible. But I think uu one has yet remarked that any laatmg star was of a diftereut colour in different ages; Greaves, on the contrary-, takes notice that the colour of Ihe star-* & planets are the same now as the antienis observed, which is I believe very true in general ; for Ptolemy, in his Catalogue of Stars, Kiys Arctums, Aldeharan, Pollux," Cor Scorjui, &. Orion's Shoulder (with anotlier to be mentioned presently) are vvoKtpgo^ reddish ; & the 5 here men- tioned arc HtU of that colour, &, I think the onlt/ cunaidenble sUtrs which arc so. But to this rule there seems lo bt' one exception, &. that in a rumarkable star ; for old aathors luenttuu the DogstAr, which is 448 ASTRONOMICAL CORRKSPUSDKNCB. now whito, ^ licit at all inclined tii rtdnesi^ a% being then vrrjr much mi, as in tlu* fnllnwin^ plaoen : whioti ('iivri* thii* turn*. S***' (iruter$ Cierro^ iv. 351*. NAnii|uc pc«lm lubccr ruiilo cum lumine clATCt KrrTiilui illr canit Mrllanim luoc rcful^nt hru rubra canirula Aodrt Infantra aUtuaa tUrarr, >at II.. i. 3V. Acriiir Ml caiiicul« rubur Martu moiMi«tr Jovia nullua. Srmrra i^mmtt. A«f , 1,1. '() iv ri|f frri«|iari Xa;ir(Niraru^' KaAiifiii-ov iii>clii-, irvoa'i|i|K>v* IlfMAiAoc ill the ((uotatiiin t'ruui Aratu^ Aifc% not exprefdj mean rfd^ liut in alway.n used of ii'inu'thinf; hlirwy, {^litterin;; as gold, variiiUH croloun*d, A:c., a.H in (lie follow in;; |>laoea : rii'ryia wmKiXa ^oAmJi. — Ilwneri II., i^. 181. llai»^nAi'y /ill* irjiwra ^tni^MiMii» iv|iif KiiXirf,t llcMKiAy llomer^ II. ic., 2y. lit" MiAAffrruv ••*»• w«* at li\i«>t that the Dop4ar wa^ nut thon nl tin* Miini* toluur ua otluT ^tarik, JL aa CiciTo tunu it rut litis it M|)|icMrn \ir cither underi^tiMnl tin* wonl to inran nrf, or, knowing li\ lii<« hhd Mr\% it wuh mi, thnii^jht that tiiv |iro|ier ihti-rpnt.itioii ; |i»r nitilti'* i^ um^I nt ujiat i^ ritldi»h, J^ oUen of the riti f^lare ut' a tire, or the dawn, jn U-Kiw : -^— rulilum viim.t I'.le rniiii iiiat-u 4 .iii'|>f|wXo'|al 9(cpfiic KaXnm hd r^ r^c fAoTir af^iotw* * Tliewoiditiirobabl3rAMf,battfMp8psriBSsn,aBitfMweii able. DD 450 A8TROKUMICAL COKRKsrONDENCB. Hy^inuK, in di>tin^iii'(hin^ (*anifi fnmi SiriiiH, an twn clitfrrral starn, iM*4*iii!i tt> iiic to coiitradirt all nthcr writiTDi. wIki «|«*.ik «>r them nK lino, cxi^i'pt |>«*rfia|ifi 2 or •'{ lat«*r niu-s ^«lio tlirf'(*tl\ t|iii»te IIy;:itiii.H*ii woniv Siriii* nr Tani.*, tin* liri;rlil«»*l -tar in the h«*avrnH, in tiiat which TtithMiiv call^ in the iiintith. Kratiilht-n«-« A IIy^inii'Sf^ hfMiJ, a« th«*u;;ht worthy of partinilar nam***. If in Hy^iini^ rimntmr ruw/c^vm meanii th«* tch\trfif»9 nf it^ li^ht as ramitir « it ten ii(M-^, h«* i-x|irt*^ly contradii*Ls what I liavi* iiiiotiil ahove tVuin iith«*rH ; _%i*t Mill I think PtoU*niy*tt authority i« ^rcati*r than that of H\(;inu«, hut that candor in also uneil for ihno<*fnc«% hi*auty, hri^htiM'vii, Ar., take the foUowin^ examplen : Hia lenit eqoit ramlore raimio limhentibtt*. — tStfrftfa /irf. ihfmw . 94. Ki tamcD ilU pnor. quo me sine cnaiiar irraai. Candur ih'id £>ur Htfpmlft0. iv . ai furmv niai eamlur.^ Jlfrf«M 1 , 743. Candorr mito reddmii juilirinn prtn. — /'A^^rk« m . Pml. ^•4 PrniteliAnt es Aurihua in«i|cnra candurr ct matrmtudine Upilh —i^tmt. f\rf II . 4. 1*1 cam viilcmui Bprcirm primum. ratiditrrmijur rmU C%t TuBt V^««r. I. ?a. 8oli« eaailor illnBihnr quan alloi iffiia.^ A* .V^r /Arvr. n IS In the 2 or 3 la.«t ifuntatiiinn, candur in umiI in tlie Mme arntc aa in Ilvf^inu!^, fur l^ntjhtufMs without re^anl In (*u|i«ur, for m) I tliink he mui^t U* undi'nkttMHL not onlv ti* aM*iil i'untradictiuii betwi*«n iiini k Ptnliinv, Imt frum thi' n:imi Siriii«, whiili it ixiuld n«it lie ralliii fmm it.*« u-hifntr»M, ^tt^tiu^ U^'urin^* no n-lation to tliat, but til IfTujhtftfss heat or 4lr^ne«»% all viliirh th«* ancieiita »|ieak of aa pn»|NTtyii of the lKi;:!«tar. A;;ain, it i« bn;:htnrfta %iherf*m it rxn-lli all other Mar<>, «k nut in whitrneM. fi»r Oriuii'a foot i. others are a«« white, but there it none mj bn|;ht aa thm Dt>;;iitar. All thin in anid on »U|i[ioaition then* waa bat mm remarkable «tar in thr Ihig*« liead, that in the mouth, for if there were fwv, aa Hy^inu!i aay«, we are not here roocrmed witk W. STUKELBT AKD OTSn& 451 either the brightness or oolonr of his BirioOy which was im A$ heady as it certainly faded before Ptolemy's time, who menttons only one, that tn the numth^ & which he says was then red^ bat is now white. To oonclade the whole, howerer remarkable A withoat preoe* dent it may be that so noted & lasting a star as the great dog should have changed its colonr; yet as at least five difierettt writers affirm it, some so expressly, & where their sabjeot required them to speak particularly about it, it appears to me to have been certainly the case. If, however, any one startled at the strange- ness of the thing thinks the evidence I have brought insaflSdeBt to prove it, he is desired to invalidate what I have here said by a deduction of fresh evidence, & to account for these several expressions in old authors, which seem to prove that sndi a change has really hap|iencd. Dr. Halley, in Na 348 of the Philosophical ThmsaetioaSy earnestly presses astronomers not to neglect a fair opportnnityy which so seldom hap|)ens, of determining the sun*s distance to the 4 or SOO'** part by the transit ct Venos^ over the son, Jane 6th, 1761, by carefully observing it in two opposite parts of the ' The tnmnitt of Venus are eztreinely ImpoitMit, m Ibej affocd tke bsit And most exact mi*ana we poMiets of ancertAining the nn*s penni sr Its distance. That of June fi, 17C1, was obscrTed by a Mr. Maaoa al tlis Caps of 0jk7 to the islsiid la the baj of Hammerfeit, Imt the weather was against thapi. The Bojal tluflisjj receired rrports also from Andr. Majer. who observed at Oryphis WaMi«. aad • from Peter Wargentin (Secietary to the Swedish Boyal 8odcty). Thtf slSD poblisbetl an excellent letter with capital diagnuu of the pear-shaped appear* ance of Venus on the sun's disc jost before coiplete ingress, bj Bev. Dr* W« Hirst, who obserre^l in London in 17C9, and had obeervcd at Madras la 17SL The French and Kossian Government sent eoaM observers to Lapland for iMs purpose. It was from this transit that BBclte ceeipeted the sas'a parallaK to be 8-58*. making bis distance fron the mhk sheet SS aUlioM of ansi. M the next tnmsit of Venost December S» 1S74» tve er six e«|wdirte«s ewi out ; and this was looked at with great iatcnat« heesaee deeht hsd expressed respecting the sea's parallss, whclker S*SS' waa aeft too wmaSKL therefore S3 millions of aUlce too gieat fur the dietaaee. The aert tiaarfts ef Venos will occar on Deomber S^ ISSS; Jaas 7, MM ; md Jaas i^ SOUL 452 AflrrROVOMlCAL CORRESPOKnKKrc Mrth. Almont any part of tho Elaiit Indim will do ftir one, the nearor tlit^ Kositi* nWrvBtictn, for il miut lyo alniut 1*0" writt frtnu Ii winter in, yet I doutit the \cv in HutlMin\ Stmitii will nut |»erniit (hiMii to pi therr in spring; k as it i^ a Ion;: voya;;** to thi* Ka*»t In«li<*k. A on ait-ounl of the trade ivinds, M*t ont onli' at one timr ot tin* ><-ar, «-ho«*Vfr would i*o from Kuro|M- nuiM net out a ;!i>oi| while U-forehaiiti. None hut an Kn^lifthinan can w«*ll make tlu* ohM*r\ation in Hudson*** liny, no 4ithern U*inj; |M*nnitii*«l to ^it thithtr ; hut either En^ii«ih, French, or any other nation who trade» thai way may do it in the KaM Indi«*!i. How'e%-t*r, uidi*v« tlie affair i* trt for wan! , which none iie<*mH no pro^M-r or !mi likely to di» a» tbr l{4»yal Society, this op|Mirt unity will be lo«t, A: another m) ;*oimI will offer, no one, I b«.*lieve, a^ yet knowtt when. Otben miij be cirtrctnl in 2117. 2i:\ ?-.»47, 7*J.w ?WA :»V.«. ?4*«i. •i'm 2«^ and .'TJi.! (Src " Airrt'i Ipswich I^rctarr*.'* p. 1.*; . ** Hrrarhrr« Aiiri*fi Art. ' IHI . **HTmrr« A*tnm Art." 441*). Tbrrv «aa a Kathcr Hell wbu «rot to La|>lAiiil f'lr «>rir «-f the trAriaitB, liul tLc iinKtria' M"" ii>>Ci« I-t him pruv hi» |iabliihe«l reflulu in have («cn inArii|iuiaieil Part IV. — ^Numismatiqal Corbesfokdevcw. CLXXIX. An Account op Pewter Monkt curbknt in England, bt Browne Wilus, Esq. — H. C. [No date.] The first piece of this sort thmt I Imre teen k a fiurthingi minted, as I judge, about ll>51, in imitation of Ckmimonweallh farthingR coined A^ 1649, onely in that one mngle year. Theee Commonwealth farthings, as I presume, gave rise to the imi« versal coinage of that species of mmtiuns deviated were alltogether of that metal, except that I remember to ha^'e seen one of the town of Portsmouth of pewter, k probably some others mi|^t have bi*eii invented & circulated before they were called in, & a pro* hibition or disuse of all half-pence k farthings hot what were minted by royall authority, which, being atmdK all of coppiTi became, as it seems to me, anivcnalhr cnmot tiU 1676, from which time to tlie end of tlM» year 1(594, aboot 18 yeaniy aD tbo half-pence k farthings sett forth were, as I judge, of pewtCTi k so cimtiuued in vogue till, from tbo cumleffietiim of Hmmp 454 SUMIMMATICAL CORKEtfruSDENCE. t their >M>iii^ l>atU*ru(l to piect*^ aH nut frir hrn* pvcn, I •^h.ill M*titijr«* tn di*m*rilN* what ha.H miiio tti iiiv cihM.*rvalioM in th«> rvi^'nA of K. Charh'i lid., K. •lanirit lid., Kin^ Wni. A: (^. Mar\ . durin;; which tinio tlii*y witi* i*urri*nt/ \ I »hall ronie, in th«* Hr«t placv, to the time ot Charles the lid. K. Cll. II. Tlie tii>t IlilH^«• I h;i\e iM*en of lh«*M* h.i« 4M1 one wide a QQ, or t\vo Ch c*«injoine«l, with a rmwii ii\er th«*tn, legend CAKoLV.s : HKI : (iliAllA. The reverm* ha;* 4 »<*e|iter^ in aaltire, with tlie h-p*nil iNintinued, MAG : Hid : KIiaS : KT : HI : HEX. Tile next ha?* tuo Cm c-onjninod or interliiikt on I Kith Mdrn in the oentiT or middle of a eroM^o, from whirh i»»ue in 4 an^len, croue fa.nhion, a rtMt', thintle, rinwrr ile liii, ^ har|i emwrn^d, with thii« legend re|M*at<*il on lM>th Hiile;*, (' C denoting the name of Charleji II., mau : bki : FKa : CT : III : REX : Ituli. llie next year ha^ an half-[M*nny in |icwter, Atniek in all thin^ exactly like the (-i>|i|ier half-[ii*nny, h.i\in^ the kin^'n IicmI laurcattMl, the legend I'AkOLV.s : a : cak«>I.u: A on the re%er^« Britannia \%itii i)er !«iiii-id, mil i an ma, d the date jt lMitli»ni, 1677. Tliere were alter^^ardn turthln^n niinleii Hke the halt-|«*tice exiv|it that tiiere \\;tf» :i |iiiH-e «'f tiipiNT rivi-leil ihrim^li the middle of Uiem, L rMiind thi- rim i-ircuiiiM-nheil nvmMmrvm : FAMVLVa 16^4, denoting the year of ei linage. Tliere wrri' (thou^^h im date u|Kiii them) |»LinUitiiiii half- pence \ farthings, A. ImiiIi *tt theM- exhihit tin one Bitle tin* rt»^*, A: on the other the harp i-niMiuti, eneireled with the garter. Tliey difler in tlie i»i/e iV in*MTiplioii, uml mviu I*i aminnr one tu tite ulhrr. Tiii- f.irtiiiiig'« liuvc thr Im'^iiiiuml: ■■! the Ii ^'c iid*, A till- ha!f-|Mni-e the t tiii« luM«in. On the Urthing^ i« CAki'i \m : iiti UkA : MAU : Bkl : lllH : i(».\., \ di the haIl-|ieiKV, ur higgi-r «offt, PER MAki: I'EK 1EkkA>. K. JAMiJi II. lie iYiininl no eopfier half-|R-nit* mt taitiuiiga ' In Aiilitiun Ut i*irmr. Viiiiic |«-«tcr ur IcAilcn |iiccn •»! KliiAbvth aiiftel hatr l-rii riir«l 1 'irrr ii m Imt^v \ii'»\* nn*n ut le^il lu m-mt nf t be ear I J IL n.ftr. I -I.* f I r III 7 ii< \« «i.l I'.a | a^'* frri|Urt.'.;} n i.lAir. mm Biwcli M :f • l«r c^iii. Ill iiu^ciiai !• ma tlir |>rii|a "bw lip« in England, bat only pewter opes, at before hinted. Eh pewfar half-pence & farthings have on one aide his bead lanreated| with 1A00BV8 : SKCVKDVSy on the other Britannia with the legend BBrrANxiA. These have a piece of copper in the osnteri ft round the rim KVMiioRTif : fajcvlvs, with the date of the year of coinage, as 1686, 1687. His plantation half-pence exhibit him on horse back on a pedesuU, the legend iaoobvs : u :D :o :luo: BRI :rAA: R : hib : RBX. The reverse has the royall arms separated in fonr shielda crowned, & linkt together with chains at their comers ; legend| VAL. 24 BBAL HisPAK. This picoe wss interpceCed to have oo one side the king trampling upon the Bible, whieh was the pfrdfwrtall ; & by the chains & sbiekls, which by their plaeing ibnned a crosMc, slavery k popery to be intimated. K. William ft Q. Mart. Their half-penny ft fiurthing are in all things like to K. Jameses, escepc their side or double iacea being given. The legend is gvuklmvb : R : marii. Bevenoi Britannia with a piece of brasse in the center^ mnmoRnc: FAMVLVs round the rim, with the date c£ the yeari whieh is under Britannia, also repeated or given twice. After tliis time, vix., 1694, there has been no pewter money ever minted, as before observed. fiaowm Wiun, CLXXX. Part of a Lcttrr from Dr. Stvkslbt to Boob Gale.— H. C. Jnly 4th, 1780. Nr, The ooin^ I send the draught of is in my posscsBioni sop- IMxed tu be of Moses; I fancy stampt by one of the Ateonean kings before Herod. Selden speaks of it somewhere. When you ha|i|)eii to find it let me know, k the interpretation of it. I am, dear Sir, Yonii| W. 1 can read upon the neck ^Messia nnelaai**— W. 8i^ ** Non emnt Dii alioni oonmi tkim * Tbc mediJ with a Hsbiew iojcriptfawi psiBtiTdj alodem fttbflestkNk— J. B. 456 NL'MISMATICAL r«iRRE.SI>OynRN'CC. CliXXXI. HfXSKIl (fALK "TO THE KkVD. Dr. STrKKLKT, AT STAMroRP, IN LisroLNsHiRK." — H. F*. St. J. I.li:tll faitlitiillx )i«Ttiirin ulirn«*\or rr•ltn^l^l to lii^ fumiiT impli>yiiirnt u|M)n A \'aranry. I am nlili;:i*tl (n ymi fcir thr (irauf*lit of the Hclin^w (iiin voii M*nt nx*. S'lli-n Xnki's tutXirc of it, Lih. iu d^ Jure yaiurali Gnitium ^^mrnlurn IM^nroji., rap \i. Ikitli he A S|ianhcini think it (ti Im* mfrrurrv irri ; th«* former that it h&<« ImN'H «*ven th<* work ot n r|iri«ii:iM, triMn a cm^hv, a« Im* takr% it tu lie, at the en*! of thi* uoni Mfi*«h«*h, uhirh voim rxhihibi an an A Upon the rollar of tht* h«*ail. In my miml it cannot lie md Mc*Miah iffN-fiiii, that won! trrniinatin^ in h, not a. Tlir intrr- prctation of th<* fcvitm* i*« Sott rmnt ttln I hi alinti eoratu me, Tlie Jrwfi, alUT thoir return fmni Mal»\lon, y^vrv mi prtxlif^iouftly afraid of idolatry that they M(iul«i not >nfl'«*r thr l<^ajtt n'prmmtJi- tion of any human ti;:uri*. a«« i<* |ilain from •IoM*phu«, A wen* cautiou^i in that n'**|i«'i-i, rvm in rith« iiIoumh*sv^ ; mi that I can- not think thi^ x%ao oiiniil uiiiirr tlie A»iiioiii*an kin|*» — |irrha|Mi Ili'roil iin^lit ^triki* it, \\\in wa-- nut mi ^rupuKiun a« hi« pn^dr- cM*.«*u>r^. 1 am (h*ar I^N'tnr, Vour ino*»t taitlifull trinnl A ohii^iti humhh* urn ant, IL Ualk. I/i>nl IVmhrukr lalk"> ot ^la\iii;; ^till iMinu* vicvkii in town, but I nhall Match \uh motion^. CLXXXII. A Lktihi ki.'M Mh. \Vi*f* i..n. kkmm; an ihv (iHKCk Mkdai.!. !1. <*. Trill, i oil , i »\..n, Spt. ;«nl, 17;M. Sir, I Im*;; li*a\r oni'i* innri in ;:i\i \«>U llir trouhli* of a lilMTV U|Nin an imIiI iomi thai Ma<* l.it«-i\ putt into my hatid«, A; whidi, * 1^ V Krmnri* Wim- «•■ ■ 'r«rfir«prr iif iLr arr>.vi« .f ||,i 1 ii.trraitv and K»l«Iiffr ir |i(.l-e wanting in me to make the journey agreeable to you, & among other things I could entertain you with the site of an old Roman town, & that, I believe, no inconsiderable one, not yett taken notice of by Cnniden, Plott, or any one else, which, ])erhaps, may help to clear up some of the stations, it being 16 miles from this place, A: 15 from Warwick. I have seen several pieces of silver & bras8i> coins found there of different em])erors, from Trajan down to Theodosius. After begging pardon for the trouble of this, I am, good Sir, Youra, Ac., Frak. Wise. 468 NUMIHICATIOAI. (*ORRKSM)N-nC(rR. (/LXXXIII. A LrTTKK rnnu Sik .Tohn Clerk, oonckiu«inis TiiK Eaki. or pKMRHtiKi:*s Drawings or iiii StatubiIv AND A Mkdai. tir Faitatina the YorsoRR. — H. C. Etloiilir. Sc|»L 22, 1732. Di*ar Sir, 1 liAcI till* la.<^t |Ni**t till* ta\i»r III' vi»in> witli om* incIoMstl fruiii iiiv Ixini iViiiliniko, likcwiM* th«r draught of a cop|)er ouin fouiiii at IVritli, for wliirli I rrtiirn voii niy f^mtefull nrknow* liiii* thin|{» Rimifr- tetl mi dniMnatii'allv in thin Uiiik, w tin* matior ia e\|il:iin«*«i. Your c^iin i-> i*\cco«lin;; c'uriou«; I nrvrr naw any nucli liefon*, tlioii;;li I iM'litfvt* it til Im* antic|ur. M\ iintiiiii aliout it i;*, that it ha« lNi*n -truck, or ratlM*r ra.M« in Hritain. TIh* head of Fati»- tina^ ^ i*|ii;:r;ipli«* in frniii aiiiith«*r cniii of tlio fara<* i^iie. She aflectrd tri IM< > : PRINi : 4** it i^imeA to he applyeil tu a woiii.iii, hut iiilii'rM.i\ - it i« viTv (^mimnn. Vnu will find it cm M*\ frill iiiiii«, hut nn iimim* tif tin* *»i/f, r\iv|it one c»f LieiniuA. l*ir%%ihl\ It may In- a -jrru^m u\n*u un iiii|M*rii*u« woman, \ IN rlia|t« nnrly a kin>ll\ lijundt-r, the he.itl lM-iii|( iulend«tl aa a coiiiiilinii'nt in iier, A thr rr\rr*i«* tu M.iri-ui» Aurrliua. The fi;;uri* i« a wmnan, with .i iitik|iuf» rum f^picii' in her right hand, to d<*niit4* |»h-nt\ : in h«'r Irft la a hnrfte** head, which |in>lMihi%' ha« Ijeen an ornament aliuve llie riMtrum of a ahip. Sueh kind * T)ir ciiin if FaaBtina hrrr Rirntii>ffir I mm* |>r>-t«hlf rilticr fal^ or % prnuiitr cvin •lirrr*! in inn'jilMin of --nr nf Tr«;an —J R. * Or r«'.icki of a Curn«ci*|>ia. fur it u nit very |4ain.— R O. W. STUKELET AND OTHEBS. 459 of decorations were common, & hence, if I mistake not, Virgil, lib. X* [209] says: — Hanc yehit immanis Triton, et csBnila coDcha [Exterrens freta :] The Spaniards about Cadiz, in ancient times, used to call some sorts of ships thej made use of Equi, & such, 'tis probable, carryed the figure of a horse on their prow, & if this was fact your coin might have been of Spanish original, though I am willing rather to think it British ; but I take my leave, & am, dear Sir, Your most faithful! humble servant, J. Clerk. The legends upon this medal are as underneath : — FAVSTDfA : AVO : PII : AVG : FiL : COS : v : p : p : SPQR : Optimo : prin : This medall is but of the II. cop])er. CLXXXIV. The following is the concluding paragraph OF THE first OF FOUR LETTERS WRITTEN BY Mr. BeLL TO Roger Gale, which is omitted in the ARCHiEOLooiA, VOL. VL, ISS/— H. C. * * I wish I could give you a certain account when my little affair will l)e published, but it dei^ends too much upon the diligence of the engravers to ascertain the time. Mr. Kirk- hall does not use me well, but I hope to ^et it compleatad by Christmasse entirely. All the historicsil part is fininht & transcribed, except some of the tributary* kings, whose a»ras, I confesse, du puzzle me much. Should not our couotreyman C'unobelin be placed among them? His head does not indeed ap|H'ar on the reverse of any medal of Augustus, but the head of Augustus, is found on coins attributed to Cunobelin. I am, Sir, Yra., Ac, B. Bell. * Mr. Bcirt four Letters were ** On the Horologia of the Andeot*,** and were writt^fn lietween the months of Jane and NoTember, I73.>. These, with Mr. Gale** answers, arc printed in the Vol. tL of the ** Archaologia," where it is said that tbejr were read at a meeting of the Socictj of Antiquaries, Dveaai* ber 14, 17SU. 4t)0 NI'MISMATICAL ( nBUBttroNDENCC CLXXXV. U4k;ki( Gai.f. to Db. Sti'kkley. — H. F. St. J. liond., All;;. th«* 2Ut, 1735. I)tiar l)(M-ti»r, I am iiiurli in vtuir debt. I Lare mitliin^ to plosiil in my der«*n(*c l>iit liiitt \wathrr, ^ want of matter for voiir entrrtAin- mcnt. I want a ?tilvf*r (^aniiiniiiii ven* inurh — 1 wiah I kati known ot* Dr. Mi(ltilc*ton*». A: \tvg of you, if yoti int*«*t witii one of that iMirt« t«» M*<*un* it for fn«*. I ha|i|N*nt* : vorv fair.* Thi* u i*« u|Niti iiom* of hi^ nH^laU 1 over naw, n^if U|Min thi>M» pu1ili>hrin;:nlarirv. Mr. Pniki- read the arc-ount you pkw him of rarr-fliki: lir- fore our SK*irty at the Mitre, viitli f!ri*at |ih*a^urt* ; he bad made Wfinc ;;iMKi adilitii»n^ to it al»out York, when* he in lirtler an|naint4Nl than you ure, hut all in contirinatioti of your Aoheme, whieh I Mi|)|N>M* he ha« im|urti*«l to you in rfturn lor what \uu nent him. I )io|m- ere lon^ tn have a e«ini|il«-at ai'iiiunf of ilie iniHTi|itii»n nn li'.nl. IMI* : h«*Mir., \r. I ha\r nnw M«t acenrati* dr.i\«in:: ol' it. If vou are ih-niroun I nhall nend vou a d«"*»rri|ition. A niv thun;;hti of if. What hai% hitherto been |)ubli!«b«^l it e\tn*anily erron<*«iu<^ \Va« n«it the iri|de head u|«jo the v*ai of r»rMiii l'iiili|i, of I{o^;;i«tli«ir|i. rather a f^ro^i^ A f(Mili<(h n'pre^*ntation of th«> Trinity than of Janun, for I dtint n'lnemlier I h.ive mhii a J.inn^ tri«*i*|i«? I u i%h I{ii;;er thmt pivr Von Ml miii'li ol lii« oiiiipanv a<« to make it fin*^tnie to vou. IVav li't hini kiiiiM I reii'i\i«l hi'« k'tter. A, tin* w«'ather now Inmu;: pretty m*Mh r^l* . exjMVt to li«*ar he ha« haii p^hJ «|«>rt. I am, Willi .ill "mt^ H'l * III \inir^lf ,V l.ul\, di-.ir I>»ietiir, Your niiiM fuithtull humhh* M*r\ant, Hhe bad oaavtjoi flie other I expected to me, so it did not arrive till last week, bat was then highly acceptable, having received a letter from the Dr. on that subject not altogether genteel, or eren commonly civil. Your own book, which came with them, has given hm great pleasure & improvement, & I desire yon to accept my bert thanks for so agreeable a favor. Ghde& Bocbart I had read jnst before, so was the more surprized to find the number of par- ticulars in yonr piece equally cnrions & new. Evefy one in these parts applauds it, & wishes to see it cootinued. I hare looked over what coins I have, but find only one that can poanUy be of use in a scheme of this nature ; 'tis a small one of ConstaD- tine Has: with the monogram on a Lsbamm, whidi I have en- closed &. request you to accept. The tmih of this ai^warance to Constantino is generally doubted; but this coin shows that be actually did favor the Christians, either out of pt^iey w c(»ri&- tion. Fabriciufl, in his Bibliotheca Graeca, has a cnriotis disser- tation to show that the cross which I4)pi.-«red was a nataml ptiaenomenon in a solar halo, which, if yon have it not alraedjr, may at any time command from, dear, Sir, Tour most obliged homble atrvaut, B. Bill, Jaar. CLXXXVII. "A Lettkr noM BunraB Bill, Eeg., cnir- cERxiKo CumrrAKTim** VraoH or thk Cbobhe, axd a Coin of EuoKKice."-— H. C Not. Mi, 1786. Sir, It ia with gmrt pleasure I fted whM I aaid oT UoMtu- tine the Great agrees so well wiA i^et yon read at the A>tl> quarian Society ; 'tis not the oady panes* ■■ ^ eovae ef wj Histoty" wherdn I diaeent from the ganaiali^, k hope Mt with " PnfoeetoUOsbookolMWsaatjeiprfMai. ttt. Ai^lL M.Q. 463 VrMIBXATlCAL (M CI. XXXIX Fk(}|C Dr. Stukklct, rpus a Greek Medal, AND ACCOCNT (IF HIH INTEN'bBD pAlJeOGRAl*lilA Sai'RA. Suiiifiini, !* Mavy 17.17. Wlion I w.iA ctiiiiin;; tiut of town I ^ott of my frirml Mr. Prude, ail ii|N)tlii'r:iry, tin* fillnvrin^ (*oin liy «*xriiaiip*. \V«* fir»t li:ii| a true* imtiiiii ot'ic t'niui tin* lonnit-il LiAte^ \\\v\ jiulili^lii^l tli^ (iotiia Nuuiui:irin. \\v rightly intrrpn-tM tlit* Ifp-tui tn In* TVAllIUN, \ ti) Im'Ioii;; to a oitv raih^i Tili«, uriiii-r Mnuiit II;i*uiu^, in Thnicr. The* lirail in of llic pNMeivM.* <'iit\ii, inurli wornliipt l>v till* \\\\\\^ iif tlial cHiuntn*y, who ran abi*iit naLr«ip ri(*^ti*A.Hf*ji of that ^od. I harewr«il<* upon this* ctiin, k doHi;:n it for tin* cliiftr of N" 11 of my Pal.i*o;:raphia Sacra. In flu* pro^n*«« of that work, one* of my vifw^ i^ an attrm|il to rtHtnor till* farift or n*%omblanri')« of many ^'"xX |K*nMjnna|(r« in antii|uity, uirntionctl in thr Scripture^. If no\rlty will plc*a«<» I n(V«I not iv'AT of iiucroHM* ; hut it will not apficar mi Mran^ a matter \\% it M-em^ at fir^t »i^ht, when ne hare omt* a«o*rtainf«l the real |it*r*«ins eharaoterizc^l hy the heathen f;uda k demi-pid*. The unif(»rmity (»f tin* I'aceA drawn in each, in all the iculiiCurM of anti<|uity, f^iven murli reaM>n \a\ think they are c«»pv« from one true original, tV that it ifi we endeavor to find out. I «h.ill L;i\e n full act-ouiit of the heathen ;;«)d« K demi-;?v«l% who m«'.tn reall\ tin* |»<'rioii« of Mi>ae^ A Jo^ua, the 2 ^y re|irrM*nta the fa(*r of Miriam, the i^i^ter of Moften, tlie Thracian TutyK I f*ive mitiy n^a^cm^ for the name of Cotys to lie of Hebrew ori|;inal Sht- i« the ;;iMide<^^* of the Ma-nadaa, the liaccha*, Ac.^ who lead the women, aa liarchua the men. Wa. SruEiut. W. STUKELEY AND OTHERS. 464 CXC. Beaupre Bell to Rev. Dr. Stukelet. — H. F. St. J. Beaupre Hall, Novr. 6, 1737. Dear Sir, I received your favor on Saturdaj, & should have returned Seguin by the newsman, with my best thanks, could he have staid till I pnckt it up. I received much pleasure in read- ing him, but the hurry of my affairs for several months past prevented my making that use of him I proposed, so, if I cannot meet with another copy, shall some time or other beg the favor of a second perusal. With regard to your quaere concerning medals of Corinthian brasse, please to take the following para- graph from the preface to my Tabulae Augusta) : — Ex acre Corinthio, quod aurum nrgentum et aes sive casu sive arte invicem permixta confccerunt, sicrna et vasa pretiosiora habuisse veteres oomperimus : hujusmodi forsan fuerunt et nummi meli- oris saltern notae, quales in scriniis ipsi Romanorum Principes asservabant, et fcstis diobus amicis elargiebantur : qui omncs tamen, siquidem ver^ unquam extiterint, due olim intercidenint : qui vero ad auri colorera proximo accedunt, aut ex Cadmift splen- dorcm mutuabantur, aut ex acre luteo inaurato sunt : ex iis utique ne minutissimam auri portionem aut igne, aut aqu& Stygift, aut alio quovis examine revoeare potuerunt artifices. This is the opinion of Savot, whom I take to have wrote more accurately on the metals of Roman coins than any other author, whose book being very scarce, I send it with your Seguin that you may look it over at leasure, not haveing occasion for it these three months. I have 2 coins of Nero, which seem to be of Corinthian brass, the color being nearly equal to gold, but having tryed them with the hydrostatic Uillance A: with aqua fortis, they do not seem to have the least particle of gold in them. I hope to see you shortly, & will bring them with me, being, dear Sir, Your most faithful humble servant, B. Bell. I have not the medal of ( 'hristina by me ; I sent you a copy of it both for the sake of the workmanship & the answer to a Pasquinade on the reverse. If I can procure it again will copy it for you. Excuse my hast 465 NUMIMMATirAL 0>HRfr2ll-iiNnRSCC. CXri. Mbaitrk Bkm., Jrs., tm Dr. Sti:kelky.— H. F. St. J. Feb. 22ml, 1737.M. IVar Sir, TwAM a pMiil (ii*al of t'«inivrn U* iiit* llul I uliuuki louae the ploasun* cif mviii;; T(MI hy i«*ttiri^ out (»nly oiif tlay tcio Ute, Cuming to Sunit'onl tli*- ^:inu* tiiur \uu Iftt it. I waa tlit* more diMi|)|»oint4*«l Imvaiim^ I in it only iiiiM»i<«i tii«' Mti** fact ion ut M««*ing a fricnti, ljut onr I hIiouM li:ivi- lM*<-n viTy glail to om^uh on Bonio hyiirostatir \ niirruM'npiral ol»s4rr\ation4 I havt* iiiaiif on coin?!, which, I U'lie^r, uri* entin-ly iu*w. I •hi»w«<«l what I havt* drawn u|i on thi* fnriiitT tn Mr. Lawrrnn*, who thinks I have drniofiHtratiHl th:it thi* nminiitn jirrti-nff (if antujuariiik In dinlin- f^ui^h a »laui|it*r\ationM werv on thr ancient A. niudern ru!*t, A rt*|K*atin^ them at hin houir, me plainly aaw the dirt eren CI* ; the aneient a|i[>eann;; hri^ht, L to c^iuaily ii|»rcad on the Mirt'aee of the metal a^ U> n*|in-M*nt a kind of land!«ca|w or forre!*t work ; when*an the an|^lateii aaltA aiMurp vou that I am, ilear Sir, Your mo»t afl'«-ctioiute ^ obli^l, Ukaitrk Bkli., Jl'nr. I have len a few raMn A mhiio min^ of the Haft Empire, whieh lM*ar the heail of <*hriM, A iiia\ In* therrfon* aciYptihle. rXcMI. It. (Utr Tt» TiiK ICkv. I)n. SuKr.Lnr.— H. F. St. J. S-ruton, Ni'V. 6tby 1739. I>ear Portor, The hnink' that liniii^ht me tin- favor of your Ual waa ao lon^ in oimin^ tA> m\ hand* that it ha« much rrtanled mj annwrr t<> it. I am nuuh (>>nrenieil at the fate of the familj of Hnink. m mwmngtt. Bmaf i» a Durtk eoaaUj wavi, rffaiiytag W. STUKKLEY AND 0THKB8. AM the Bridges, for the sake of our old fiiend ; how his brother brought it in a very few years to destruction is most unaccount- able, being n sober man, & bred up to busynesse. I was at a funeral this last summer where the lesson for the day happened to be the 2d chapr. of Ecclesiastes ; nothing could be so much h propos to the circumstances of the person, k I thought the parson bad liiost judiciously pickt out those obsenrations of Solomon, though 1 found by looking into the calender that it was the lesson for the day. I was so affected by it that I could not help, in my reveries, when riding & walking by myself, to turn it into an elegy, which, perhaps, I may communicate to you when I have time to transcribe it fairly over, but you must pardon an old man's muse if she is not very gay & bright, espe- cially upon such a subject. You will think, perhaps, that I have had some melancholy moods upon me while I was penning this, but I do assure you I considered it with a downright stoical contemplation, & am not one bitt affected with it, more than to follow the wise man's advice. That, however, will not draw me out of my retirement, for I enjoy myself more in it than ever I did when I lived in the bustle & hurry of the world ; neither have I ever had the least thought of taking a house, & spending the winter at York, who ever informed you so. I do assure you if 1 had any intentions of leaving this place I should like to passe mv time with vou at Stanfonl sooner than anv other town I • • • I know of. But I hear you are going to leave it, having taken a house at London, with as nmch truth, may be, as that I am going to York. I wonder solitude seems so dreadful to you, who are so great a philosoph«»r ; &, I dont doubt if you do take up your habitation ag:iin in the grand metropolis but you will soon be wearj* of it 0 rus quando ego te videam ? I return you my thanks for the draught & your curious obsen-ations upon the Ronian villa at Weldon.* I told you in my former upon that subject that my Lord Wilmington had ordered the pave- ments of it to be engraved ; if your ichnographj went along with them, it would give the world a far better idem of the work than the draughts of the pavements taken separately can pro- duce. I suppose the inner area of it was a conrt| otberwiae tba ' See patteti, under NorthanU. 467 NUXMMATICAL (^ORRRSrOHDEyCC. four n>oint on each hand, m well an tho p^eat one in thr mi rcvrnM*, it would M*tt a ^^rraUT vaiuf ii|iiin it than tht* guild in;;, but an ynu nay ni»thin^ ot' that nor ifj« tru** in«*tai. I •u\>' pone it waA common, A in hra^M*. I lijive the nilvrr <*!auld,' thr reverM* a oivic crown, including; [7F| by t : R : p : v. It a|i|ie«r« to havi* U-rn ooined to hin honor, bv onifr of the Sonati*. in the iSth vear of hill rei;ni« bnfon* he borvan to |»lay the u I Hi>*h for it more ih.in ever, lia\in;; nr\rr U^m without rom|iany allm<»«t e\iTy liay k ni^ht ninre my rrtum, k if I did n^t flatter niynell tint a new ^cene wai now o|imin;*, I believe I nliould come t«> I^indi>n a;;.iin for a little retirrroent. w. crruKKLEir akd c/OMkB. 4A6 I am glad 70a like jour botise 10 well| A wish 70a all aqjoj- ment of it I have had a letter from Mr. Cornelias latde the last potty acquaiiitiog me with his sending up his OTHO by Mr. CdlliiiS| A desiring me to send him 40 guineas for it; as allao a Denariiia of Augustas, with Caius Marias on the reverae. I am not hr buying a pig in a poke ; neither if it was ondoobtadly geniiiiie was it wortli half the money, Lord Pembroke, a little before bis death, having bought one of Starbini for 15 poandti exceedingly well preserved ; & as I have a true one alhready, I have no for* ther [desire] about it However, I shoakl be g^ to have your thoughts about it, & a draught of it, which yoa may certain^ have leave to take from Mr. Collins, who most be in town before this time. Mr. Little allso mentions a Denarioa ci Angaatnai which he seems allso to value at a very high rata, & Uf todaedi :i sciirce medal, if the same as I take it to be. He aaya the reverse has 0 : marivb upon it, which be takes to be the graii 0« Marius, but relates indeed to C. Marios, one of Aiig08tiia*a Triumviri Monetales, & thought by some to be a grandson of the former. I believe the letters upon it are O : XABIVI : TBO : in : viR., ue.y Caius Marius Trogus triumvir, which snffidently die* tinguishes him/ 1 beg a draught of it from you, A an exact copy of the legends on both sides, ii that yoa wiU aeal op the in- closed & forward it as directed by the first poaL I am ^bd jon have taken the last Chicliester inscription* in hand, ft liopo yon will let me have year thoughts upon it, when they are fara^^ ad umbilicuni. As I have beard a good diaraeler of eoain UnlL Gale, I ho|)c he will gi%'e yoa k year parish aatiafoation, thoq^ he is but a very young divine. How to introdoee yon to Loid Harrington is at present past my skilL My aenrioe to ngr sister, & the same to yourself, from, dear Uootor, Your ever obliged friend ft hnmUe servant, B. Oau» * The coin of the Maria fsaUljr Impi dMCribs^ |H>rtrait of JalU ander the attriliotct of Diaaa oa dw l»). This i» TalueU Vj Cohen at ISO fiaaoik The T^ut (if indeed TVv. stands for Tiegaa) to tlw|^«al * 8ee jkmten under Smsea. 469 KUMtHMATIf-AL t'ORKRiiniSDCScC. CXCIV. lUiOKR Galk Tn Dk. Stikklkv.— H. K. St. .1. S< |iur|MrM«ly tictaocnl in unliT l«» diairuiM* it the lietter.^ Tlu* oth<*r, on which Mr. Little mn in» to M.*tt an ^rcat a %'aluf* as ufiun hi^ oTHu, i«» a cant oiuntfrfiet i»t a inrdal of Au^uatua, k hail it Uvn p*nuine, mi^^ht havt- ljr«*n worth l\0 or 4fM. I wouM not ;;ivt' TmI. for either o( them, ID, having an opimrtunity of rciiirniii;: them to .Mr. Collins, ai Stanfoni, by Mr. ReveU, who Mtt.- imt for liondnn in llie York atage next Monday, (if ih** mad^* arr jia^^dih*,) I tia\r deairvil him to deliver them then*. W'v iuvc had a det*|M*r i^now u|H»n the ground ever Mnce la.M .Miuiiiay tlriu wc liad all laal winter, ft the cold httle inferii>r. I nhould think mv^*lf «*xtn*4niU nliliifi^l in vuu if vou wiHikl oommunicattf a o<)|iy ot tin- nt*w ( 'iiirhi>^t«*r niM-riptiun to nu* at your leinure, with your mnark^ u|hiii it, if you dn imiC design In make thrm publirk, ai« alitMi to know what anniul iierformaiioe you intend to entertain thi* world with thia \rar, for I |iminiar myself to m*« Mime iiit-iv with vmir ii:imi' to it a« often a* vou take up your re^id^nce in (iloui f«t«'r Sinvt. Mv !M*r\'ice to mv ajMit, «V thinks f*ir huviii:: th** o^flcv 4 tea, \ belie%'e ini*, df.ir Poi-tor. Your ever oUi;;i«l friend iV, humMe «er%ant, IL Gaul The h«*ad U|ion ihr n-v. of the ^ilier iiii«l:il i« ni*t of c : MAKlva bat MANA, aa i* evident hy thi- i|uiver U-hind her nhnukli-r. * Tbr fiirfvnr* of ihr r«>ir.i i>f ftfl. arr iiiimrr>>uA, Ami |(|«nhri»i «^ nylbt M V» tbr K^iiM ■truck «l AMria-h in itiai iiii(«r<'r • i.abk U.iii«- lliCuttly large braM omqb uf that cB|«rvr —J. K W. 8TUK£LET AND OTHERS. 470 Mr. Collins tells me he informed you of a carious statue of Hercules at a shop in the Strand. If you make it a visit, I should be glad to know your thoughts of it. CXCV. R. Gale to Dr. Stukeley.— H. F. St. J. Scruton, Deer. 26th, 1740. Dear Doctor, I have returned the otho by Mr. Harry Revely to Mr. Collins, to whom he promist to deliver it as he passed through Stanford, but have not yet heard of the receit of this treasure. I fancy the severe weather may have retarded their journey. I wish it had been shown to Mr. Folks before it was sent from London ; I dare say he would have concurred with us in opinion about it. I must o\^'n I could not discover how the letters had been alltered, though they appeared ver}* ill proportioned, as IMP : otho not usual in those times. I have an anecdote of Baron Si)anheim's, wherein he damns all the brasse othos' except the Antiochene, with a laurel about the head, & s : c : in a corolla on the reverse. Yet Baron Clerk wrote to me about 6 months ago that he had croti one with an allocutio on the reverse, undoubtedly gcnuin, or if a counterfeit as old as the time of Valentinian, being found with severall of that Emperor^ coins then lately near Edenborough ; but if it was the only one discovered there of the high Empire, I cannot but have a strong suspicion of its being foisted in iimong the others. I allwaj's took Starbini, wit!) whom I was se\erall times in com]>any, to be a true trading Italian. I liranl when in town of Mr. Folks' model of Stone- hcnge u|>un your plan, k that he intends to compare it with the original upon the spott next summer ; I should be glad that he l>erformeerformance, the more because it detern you from being * 8ec DoU 0. * Wood, the Uatk architect. 471 KmiBXATICAL (HJltREl^rONDBNCE. at any «-xin*iic4* in ^ivin^ u<» a nrw cntortainnicnt iIua wintrr. I ahoulii Ih3 ;;lail to mh' Mr. FoIIca'ii A: Mr. Wanl'ii tliiiu^kt» u|JOffi thi* la>t < 'hi(*iif*«t(T iriMTiption ; I lio|w* ihi^y will ^'rtt Mnie uay or utIiiT into th«* pn^^M*. Tli«* ^tatnr ot* llrn-uU^fi, Mr. C«*lliii4 wniti* to nif, wiiN at om* I)u Hiiiiici^K, i think a nati-li makfr, at ihi* hi^n tif tlie l)iall, in tli«- Stninil, as I ronirniUT it i^ on tiir lolt liami hiilt* of tlu* w.iy, «V (ow:inii ihi* lii^lifr I'mi of tbc AtrrcL My M*rvii'«* to all tri«*n«if», iV a(-i*«*|it tif' niv ftinctor, Your nil Kit taithtull iiinnlilt* »i>r\-ant, IL (lALE. CX^'VI. R043RR (lALK •'Ti» MlL ('oKM.LIl » LiTTI.K, iif BKKTON, Nr.AR Sl'ALlUNG, LlNCfl.VMIIKR, TIRN OFF AT Stilton. Fkkk, J. F. I'kkile.*'— H. F. St. J. Frtini Si* mil m, near Bt*tlali*| Dtxrr. 3rtl, 1 74d. Sir, Your?! of Novnnbr. 22ii, U.*in^ ni, 4 returniHl it to, \ou h\ Mr. ColliiiA, it i« nut a niedal uf tbt* jrrrai Caiu^ 5Iariu«, hut <«trui-k hv hift ^ranilMin, i*aiu^ Mariu* Trogu*, ont* t»r tli«* mint ma«t4*r« undiT Au^nMu^. Tin* (>tho that canie with it wa^ |»lainl\ a i-oin of Ni*rn, ahrriil hv Minn* artiiit intu an Otho, tV the ri-\t'n»«- of ii |>ur|HiM*|\ ilrfii i^I !•• |irr\i*nt the di«* c«*v«T^ I if tlu* fr.iuil, aj» t.irr a^ In* t'nuM il-i it, hv olihtiTatini: a l^|M- that wiiuid ha\r ni.idi* it %*•** t*\iili-nt. Mr. < 'oiliiio \%a« iin»laki-n it lit- tuld \**u that I %alu«-ti tke fitftiirr at two piin«'a«, it lN*in^ iMt worth niiin* than limW a |^ini*a, A 1 liavf* a vrry fair nn*- nf that st,ri which ci«t mr muih U «M-. I w r*h \iiu lunl Miit wr tht* rr\«TM- of t tie other (MIm> that \i'ii li.iM «iiii I ^'I'lt; I «n>uld thrn havi- made Mmir ^ut*M«- Ml tht- inilh of It. It i.« now ptK-rall\ a|^me time iifliT till the irruption of the Dane* into this part of tlio kingilom, every hinhop had a |M>wer of coining hid own money, one of which I prcHunic thin i^, but cannot make out citlicr who was Sarctan or Crertiii. I find one Gyrth k lioofwin to hav«* \tw.n yciun;;er hnuherit of Han>ki, & wb«i died with him in hin ex|M9diti<»n with the I>an«i«9 a little bt*fore the extir|i.itinn of them hy William the C«mi|Ui*rour, hut that mu»C aureiv be tfM» hiw, xinco I find then* wa.n a law JH'fore tliat time that all the money nf the kin;^l(»in 'ilinuld Im* of tli«* name tort. I venture tliih u|Nm ntren^Ii of memory, a<« I have not my authi>« rity befi»re me, ik writ4* in a hurry. ' • • •' • • Your BinciTe frieiKl \ <»lfli;;eii huiiibh* MTvant, G. HukT«»s. CXrvni. Hrv. (f. BriiTDN "TO TiiK liy.v. Dk. Stikclkt, RkCThR or St. (iKiiKOKV, (^I'KKN SgiARC, Hi>lbul-iln/* — H. F. St. J. Eliien, Oct. 2fd, 1749. Dear iWCiir, • • • • Govrniour II.iV!* Iia.<» lately pri'MMitevi iiir with nnme Irtmh Roman coiun A; a Roman laily\ rin^. I hu« lat«-ly at tlie Fort, k he i^hnwi^i me a f^Mt many Roman |ii*ii*e» of antiquity— ^ine wa*» an antit|ue (*iini«*lian of Fortune, het in niher, k amunifM the i\'! \ou to ili*ti*riiiiiie. wlm. I |iiv^uiiie, art* acN|uain(«'d hiiIi wlinlr train nl' artilierv U'luii^ni;: to a Roman ladv. • • ' • m Yuur ubli;;ud friend Jl ulir^lirnl tt^rrant, G. Huim>y. oatrr cirrlr u i^ l«i:«nd vim TocA«ru MK bol'b ah Ib ibc laacr ciicto a« a AKZ OKyriA. Tbii la the ooBamcacrumt of a hjmn bo Sc. EUnwid, * At« Eca Urntia KiiKlxruB." iXhtt ctAmpIra nf their runuua |iir««« will l« f%mmd la IW .Vmh Chn^m.. IM Sec., vul. vi . p |I2 ; mi.1 in IIk Artk. Amm. /fmrmmi, ««!. U p. 307 .--J. K W. STtmELEY AND 0THBR8. 474 CXCIX. Rev. G. Burton to Dr. Stukeley.— H. F. St. J. Elden, Oct. 22d, 1749. Dear Doctor, • • • • • I have just received u letter from my brother, iu answer to one I wrote to him upon the receipt of yours to desire he would immediately wait on you, with Mr. Birt, & consult upon the strength of an attack upon St. Dunstan*s, in the west He writes me word it is now too late, that Romaine'® is to be the man. I think by this I have lost the chance of the only thing I could have made a push for, which has chagrined me much, for the vestry is select, consisting but of twenty four. You, I remember, in a former letter, mentioned you could get me 6 votes, & I think it is ver}' hard if we could not have added votes enough to have shook a Turk had he been a fellow candi- date. But the scene is now closed. However, I hope St John*s will not be held long from us, that we meet together & laugh at the impertinent follies of life. I should be oblidged to you for a particuhu* of the stipend of St Jolm's. Pray who has got the lectureship in Russel Street ? • • • I am adding to my coins daily, by tlie generosity of my old friend Grovemour Hayes. If there are any particular coins you want let me know them, & de))end u)K)n it I will get them for you, if |>ossible, without shrinking your purse or uiortgagin«ir vour estate. There is a very fine medal of Domitinn^s in my neigh- bourhood, ns plain a coin as ever I saw. I think they arc com- mon, but I look u|)on it as valuable bocauj^e it is so perfect. I have latoly added to mine a very good coin of Claudius Gothicui«, another of Julius Crispus, Arcadiut^. Macrinus, Delmatius, Julia Msesa, Diva Paulina, Maximianus, Maximinus, Licinius, Maxen- tins, Bonosius, Allectus, Cams ; these are all copper; Claudius, !• RcT. WilliAm Romainc, wm a freqaeot preftcber before the UniTenity of Oxford, till hit stroDg CmlTinisUc tentimciitt canted him to loee hie appoint* menu there. He then remoTed to London, where be oontinned to piendi in ▼arioDt charches to large congregation*. Editor of Calaaio'e ^ Ooncoidance to the Hebrew Bible,** in which he made eome unwarrantable alti-rationa to eer?e the Hutchinsoniaii doctrine. Bom at Hartlepool, 1714 ; died in London, ITttft. Beetcm, p. S9A. 475 NL'MIHMATICAL 0»RKEMrtlM>KNrC. CiiniuMu<«, Valentin iiiniifi| i 'on^tanii, IVrtinax, Antoninui Arm^ niiu*U'«- tlicvM* II rr all nilvrr. I have, hc^idi*^, 3 silver Britiih ouinn ; the unc liv th«* li(»rM; A tin* rhalii-t* nn lh« revpime MH;in» U> h«* <>n«* of lliiiM* whi<*h in lh«* Ma|;ri.i Hriianniii, vul. iv., |i. 412, t':irri«*H tin* niinn- f»t' (lallfna or Wallin;:tunl; thi* uthrr is iniliN|>utal»ly no on tlu* otliiT, a M>rt of niazr uith a iTiK»« at the 4 entrarnvM. 1 ha\r a Ni;:rini:inii«, Honoring, Tii«'«Nliiri,tlulia Helena, ( a'Minia, & one t*i' (*4in«tantiuH, mini'il at York, with hi« a|i«itlH-«iAi« on it. I have a nieilal ot* Trajan'^, I think, with the rrverM*^|'it)K> : KXERCITWU. I have several wry oM ttjwn that I wi^h I could have vour o|>iniiin on. The (fo\enii»ur latfly made me a |»ri*M>nt of a Unman laily*** rin^ ; it !<» ot'uiri'. t\vi«trii : there i^ no stone aet in it, A where it \n joineil «V the Miair «houhi lie. then* it a kind ot' ea\itv. I wrote to vnu some time aijo to dcMre \««ii Would cNmMilt Sir Andrew- Fountavn*s Numi«ni. Saiun. for tlic upo of my Saxon coin : — i»n the fn>nt hex : Gtitris : a%'K, tlie reveriM- nh li<>LAt> : >Alt(*iis with mitn-. (i(»verniiur Ilayi-A livrn at Ijintipiani Fori. Your y. a\ Hkv. ii. HtmiiN "Tf TUK H».\. iMi. MtKKi.»Y, Hmtoh UK St. (fKiii(«iKV, ijihy>^ >wiAk». ^i.ak lioutuiiiy, I^i\iK»s." — 11. F. St. .1. [tirea, 1741*.] Dear I>«M'tII do «••. tiT 1 jui timK'ioua I liav«- lidle !■• I'll .id in m\ tii-fiiuv. Dut ■•!»• ;:rfat n-a^uD wa* that \ou d«*«iriil ni«-, in m\ next, to ;:i\e \\*u an »«rtmnl vf thr Innnlv ot tlit Il»:ii'k«. in ('andiriil'*e«hire. from onr friuNi TfiOi Marliti A( < t«rdiii^ly I iht|iiiri«l ••! hin , I nt : • \«>n kitow llir uian, wan oltli^rd to »ta\ lor iij« an»wir| whieh i» •» l«JU»ma:^ W. vnTKKUT AXD OTBISaL 478 Had I a tmuoript of Domaadaj Book for Cunbridgoaluro, H should be tamed over with pleanim to tij if I ooidd oUigo oar worth; friend Dr. Stokeley hi Im pottobtam as to the tauij of Bucks, bnt I hare it only for the S ooantiee of Norfolk k SufTolk. In the appradiz to Dr. Bradj's first voL ot hit introdnotica to the Old English Hist are recited the names of all the tenants in (_'apite or Seijennty who held hinda of the king in eadi ooontjr of Enj^Und, which I have ran orer, bat no such name ooours. Under Hertfordshire, So. zlii., is nwotioned Botharias nxor Ricardi Filii Oilberti Comitist to which the late Ur. Le Ne«« has added this note — Qosre an non Robeaia (see Hunteclnnsctra) i()aa Roiston, i, under Huntednasdre, Na zzviii, ** Bohais uxor Rioardi," to whiofa Mr. Le Nere has added— Rlii Gilbwti C'-oinitis, Ao. I am sorry fi>r the sltle need in Mr. I^ikyn's last book. Sorely gentlemen might write withoat inYoteraey or acnr- rility, &0. Tbns roo have our friend Tom Martin's comnwotariea oa Bohesia & her anti-Denetrins P[arkl3n*s, I must now tell yoa bow I hare boen onpioyed nnco I Ink wrote to you. As I have been appointed one of the annaal preachen at Buiy, & my turn fdl out last July, I have employed most uf my time in preparing a sennon fin- the oecnaioa, t had cut out for myself a taak (as you know the shortest pigny wanto not ambition), such ss 1 tbooght might be sarvieBahle to the cause of religion, & at the sanw time of importance eooog^i to be taken notice oC It is the first time I have tuned ooatmrer- sialist, k am ashamed almost to own to anyoaw Imt yoondf thit I chose the author of a late introdoctoiy diseoafw for my ant^ goniM. I titank Ood I Micoceded beyoiid my ezpeetatioaf with the thanks of the best part of the elefg^ present, k with a request from the Alderman to print it I decCaad tt, k told kim the bed service 1 could do (if aa ha flattered mo it eoold do aaj) was jn.«t over, i thanked liin, bat bad no tbunght of it; k had I had ambition enoogfa to have tbon||h(of it, ikn aaafa yea knv* met with from yoor antagooMt, aAir having inaaeMt^ •Btar- tained the puUiek for above dib^ jMn^ waaU hava oarbad na. 477 MMISMATlrAL COERttrONDBfCI. It mm}' be m^ci-Mvary for rae now to pi{>lmin to yoo my in<4ivr for eiipt^in;; in lu ^h we make ahift to keep np an uutakir a|ipaaffw amv of g«ioi| nri;;libtiurlKMMl), I finti hy cx|ifn<-n(*c it i« nut to b« much liiMpT kept up hut hy many MT\ilc* mmpliantYA uliich do nut »uit oillirr mv runMitulion or functinn, & »nr of tlie rraiJm' plaiiii at Hurv U-in;; likely t^i fall, I have an eye towanN it, A flaltiT myM'lt' hy thin tinic I ba^f Iai«i a pn-tt\ pHid fituiNlatioa fur it. Tli«*y art* al»uut \f^l |Miun(i!> a year, an agreeable plarr A ^uuii nei;;hlMiurlH>u(i, A trnahle with a pirn* of ^m ferment I ex|HH*t then*:ilNiutH. This i« the ^clH•nle I lia\e laifl ilown to mr* M*lf, which 1 >hiiuhi U* fi\ad of >our o|»inion uf. Mr. T««ai Sheitiirtl wa.<« here lale!\, »Ik> juini with me in tluinka Xu tou far the truuhle >uu pi%e yourM*lf with relalicA to uur new bi»hofw I am afraid he will br little rrlii»lir«l in hm new iiia«'r«a ; fur Xhm cleffcy in ;:«-neral, at leaM tlmv I have itrnvenw**! with, luuk U|no him a« a %iT} ri^iil diM-iplinarian, which will »it hut %ery imlif« fert*ntly u|Mm the ^t4lmach« of hit clerj^^k , on account of the jcml mihlnewi ««f hi:* pre^liH-v^^or, A. haa already uttered a denuncta* tion, whirh they tell me it put up in all the oolTei^hoiiica at Nurwieh, agaiii»t pluraliftta. I niu]*t now acfpuiint you wiUi amitlier empbiyment I ma en;:a;:eii in. I am turning a collector of min^, whieb ha* \trm (M*oa^ii»iied hy a |Hirivl of txiinn pven me by (io\emuur IIarfl*s A, amongit many other*, ba\e got the follow ini: : — A Ml^rr ctiin, fin«*l\ pre«erTni, k inncribeii IMP: MAVa : can : Al'ti :P:M:1R:P:C: III. ; reverse, Patrii : PATRI^ A nilver coin. lUI* : (' : l*0!rri'Mr8 : P : M : Ai'O. ; rrvervr, mowrta : Al'O. A ailver c^iin, UAixir.Nl*^ : IMP : auu.; r^vrr^, liRRMAMIcvs : MAX: 1- Aniitlier aiUer Oiin, redeem*. JI'noni. Tlie following: an- «*«i|»|irr : — riJivica : jrt : drlmatiiii : K^R : carr. |i : N : VAlJtNR : MAX : AUU. ri^v : JUL : cNi\*vTAK8 : s<'R : rjw. ruiT : VAL : CL : coNMrrANTlK L'» : soR : CARi : auo. PLAT : niNRTANTIM'a : Jtlfl«»R : Ni*R : I'ARl. w. aiuKWLMt Am orwna, 478 fLAT : JUL : oomuumn :iuz : ran. D : M : FLAV : vujcsrttsumiB. IMP : 0AB8AB : TBTSIODi: AOa mp : P : p : Tinuous. PLAT : JDL : ORIBPOB. A oqiper mecUl oT lUBO : AMTOK : PtCt. Tou will find m; intmtioii wm good, Ibr I ban twioo Ml down to this letter. • • • We bare had ■ f^reat man^ of the loduta, aa tbaj tn eaOed, & tome fbond in my own gnmixb, bot have not board of tbetr doing any miscbeif. I bave pot two of Iben into^rjtaof wme, & bare sinco fband one of the Urge aised gamboppen, wbicib I bare pot in with them. The diaif diflhnim betwei.-ii tbem mobb to be in the bead & tail, the bead of the gnuabopper being t^ter, the other all <^ the name breadth. I hope I maj oongmtnlala yon upon being aettled in yoor new reelorr, A I^y Bectoreaa opon banag anived to the per- fection of the art of crini|Hog a lloori«h London hoop within the I bflTe lately had P[ar]k[i]n*a piece aeol nw bjr a brothar clergyman. Socfa a piece of low BillingRgate aeairiKty wooU be a disgrace even to a grocer'* ah<^, though iia hjghart pronotioa wna to wrap up augar t plamba. • ■ • I cannot cooelode till I have filled the abeet, A while I hR«» room to add a word more. Aa yon are a collector of cetutf If I can be of any aerrioe in procuring fer you any yon want, I nag' hare it in my power to get tbem at a mj eecy ral«b We bare a tradition bare in the eoontiT thirt in town a fmr ragea, attended with much the aame aymptooM the enltla wen attended with in the late diatemper. I bop* it la not tnH^ & none of your acquaintance have been aoiaed with H. fnj who ia to be made Biabop of London t Tour old fiiand oar Dioceaan, I bear, ia not likdy to be r^ikd aaang h, fer k nets about aa a dtaciplinarian. He hcepa an digaBt taU^ bnt, they aay, treata hia goeala with great aiipfwillo—iai A jM». I hare not paid my deroos to Ua yat, A, in dnrt, frsM aeeonnt^ lamafnidafiL I hope I nay prcfna ta eangntadila , my next letter on a freoh pieee of p ' 479 vriiiHMATiCAL (X)iiiinpoN'nBiccs. Iwnilal M'lit, wliioh, I aMuire you, woaM he an infinite pkamrt to, drar iXirtor, Yiiur inoAt oblij^ friend k humble aerraat, G. B:i'rn.5«\ CCl. Rkv. O. Birti.n *'to thr Rev. Diu Stikhjct, RRf-roa I IF St. KitK-TIIK-MAKTTR*rt, CJI'KKN Sgl'ARE, Ho| - B<»fKX."— M. F. St. J. EMtn, Jan. H, 1749M. Dear DtKior, • • • • I wish tnv < *nrau«iii% had \H*n a silver unr, vuu •hovld imiM r«*naiiily lav«* hail it. I tliouKI he j^LkI to kiii>w what i*«i|>|ier cini'4 you havi* of him, with their reverw^. I ccmiM h«ar iif no other aimtp;; the Oakluiin coini hut Eilwanl, Efljpir« A Kfitnonil. I lately piekt up a copper CarauMua, but I think it aa Umi plain tn In* ;^nuine : it ia a Amall coin— the reverve ia raX : Ai'ti.'* I lately met with a meilal of the Eni|iefur Dumitiu, the reverse monrta : At'u. I want aadly to 6nd out the H«z (lerti^ A, Nio)H)lau4 Sarctua on my SaxiKi Penig." If you caa mM't with twii ttirh aiilii|uat6il namca, pray give ue ■ooie pnrti- rulari of them. • • • Your obliged A. aincere friend A hanble MTrant, U. BCKTOII. (N'll. Krv. (J. RrHTitN "TO THR Rrv, Vk STrkRLRT, RRCTm or St. (iRiirok'h, Qt'RRS SgtARR, KRAh lloi.»»tax, liiJMKiN." — H. F. St. J. [Mar., 17M.] • • • • I^'ar I>i<*tor, I muAt now entertain \ou with a new cuno«itv I bnw juM met with. Ii klin^hani bi*ing mi well atorrd with Coin*. A liein^ mi nrar a neighbuar, I ljc|gan to think might ha%'e been of more imf^irlAnce than we think ftir. I PrahmUkj meA a Nasua com W. i^TUKELEV AM> OlUEItS. enquired kmongst my parishioners wbetber none of ibem hsA round coins. They stared at me as if they tliougbt I hiid beea out of m; senses, upon which I shotved them what it i puUinjf soine out of mr pocket. Lord, Sir, snys who nwd to work for me, I have found tlirce such iu Eldeu this year, one of which i» a white ouc. This declnrntion made me hurry bim home immediately in quest of them, which he did, & brought me two, one of which was a Claudius Gothicus— ihe reverse AQuitas : alg. ; the other wue a Roman Denarius, &. I find by Spanlieini a very curious coin, though this is not inserted in bis work, yet he seems, I think, to refer to it.' I imagine it to have tlie head of the consul Pappus, who pre.scrihed the manner of chusing the vestal virgins. The head is covered with a guat'i skin, which desccods lo the lower part of the neck, £ tlie lionis kre placed e.xactJy over the head. Just at the b:u'k of the head is the tabclla ; the tetters ai'e rased, though in Span- hnrn's they are preserved, A arc in tliis form — |£fj papi. On the revenv is, 1 think, the form of tlic iniliatioa of a vestal. The vestal is in the dress of her order ; before her on the ground seems to be something uf an orbicular form, out of which arises what may, I think, ver\- ea^-ilr be supposed a Hume, since it is curled ; A as the Temple of Vcnta was of ati orbicular form I don't see why this may out reasonubly be supjiosed to be a« proper a representation uf the temple & llie sacred fire as the size of a Denarius would admit of. The ve.->tal carrier something before her in her vest. She has just gone through the first oeremony of the caption, A, I suppose, is proceeding (h.iving shaved ber liead), tu hang her hair upon a branch of the Luios or Lote tree, where sjimc of it seems to himg already. Dehind Iter is something I don't know what (o make of ; but this ii^ the exact shapi- of it. I bu[ie you will excuse my imjieniui-nt.-e in comniiinicaling to you these cunjectiires, but as I look upon the * Tb«IC ean be litdr duuU that Ihv «i>lii hf re licKnfacil in |b« b« do oi'Ui* ran dmarJBa of Ili« Rutcia famiJj ((n4r*, pi. KXi>i;. On ihc oliti-nc U ibe bead of Jhbo Sifpits. lb« patmn-nntldria n1 l.anuTiBn : ■li'l on Ihc rtTcnv a fi-nw)c lawUng a Krtwtil. {Sk Prafniimt. LIU i»,, pi. T). Thr coili and bodj a( ths Htpcnt fonu Ibe orbicular object "out ol vbifb aruc* a Baatr." 4H\ NL'MIMIATK AL i*«i|lRkM-«iM>IUiCB. coin M a von' sinpilar nnr, A, it waa toumi at Fllilt-ti, I cannot holp l)oinf( vpry particular, A M'ttiii^ a f^r«*at Tiluf* u|«in it : A I tbi> ratlh^r takr thin IiIntIv x^ith vnu Uvaunr vuu lui%«* r^iovinred • • • inc oden that ynii will iii.iki' iii«* prii|irr •lliiwancr« for i^iHiranoe &. miAiiifiinnatiiiri, Sl kimltv (i«*al out iiintnirtiun t«i m«*. I havi* jufit ri*ail in the |»a|it'rH an ar«iiufit uf a M«r« in«l vboek of an «*arthc{uak<-* ynu fi-lt in I^imlun la*t Tliur«lay. I an •orry tn lit-ar uf mi many unh.ippy prfKa;;r«. I am afrani **( ihm drraiiful juiip*ni«*ntit tliat liaii;; nvrr my nati\r niuiitr\, fi'r noC- withstandin^ it In U-runii* tiMi f.i«»liiiiMalili* t«i Imtk u|Min thra* thin;^ ■« owin^ U» M-«-on«i cnuM*A, ^ alt«-inpt to arv^iunt fur them as suoh, I muM own tliry Bp|N*ar U* me in a clrfa«lful lif^hl. I cannot ht'lp, fniH't'ialU a^ tlu'v ap|Mar iioi;«hteiM>l hy otitrr cir- cuni!itancf.H, le |;lad to hi-ar what rffr«'t \uu frit fruiu it in your part o( tlie town. Miut nf ihr water A I bird eafti ^aaaa waa fvit thii jrar id N|«>:i» of • m««t tcfnf jiiig aatm . whick. if OmM% pnividenct bad nuC rbcckt^l and rr*irajn«d wilhia »i»« boaad^ Mi^t ba«t iivritbrowD joar ca|iitaJ and «i-ur k.r^di'tu «■()• it ' Tbc alarm occaa. j«t4 kf the Krbruarj an«l Marrh pt.mki «m itirrraar*! tv iKr |>r»nbrry ol a rvmtj hia* fuardunan. wb** aiiii<>unrrni ^ The |««'|i n.^l.i >• mr Ia>l.ra -'f fasl.Kin aal ap in Ibcir (til daj-l-rrak >i& fri.tlrnirn n t ictr*! ttr Kai'fij i-lra cif taraiaf Ibe to a (<«■! aooMiDl. aitd fiMii.dcd ' T\»e Nii(«l yuur kiml IdUT i>f thr :ii\\\ iii»unt, kum ^^nraUr oMif^tni Ui vuu for it, an likewiM* with r«v*r^i ^* your eiii|iiirT alwut my iirw living, ««hit*h m «iTy irut*! Tin a wry prpttj littU* rt-ctory, alMuit M miU-^ fri»iii nu*, (hat will affonl in inain- iMin xUv iiiruiiibent, a Mtw \ | •■;;<«, a oiw, a U'^ of inuttoa ev(*ry odirr i a ruinfnrtahlt* thelter to m Larooet 4 his mi»treM, tberefure to bi* surv it inii^t In* a numptuou* dwell- ing houne for a country (larMin. It i* well timbered, but grr«tlj out of repair a» to walU A rrilingik But a* the executor* of tlie late inrumb4*nl, tbrou;;h bi^e\r(*&!«i\f jiarMUitiny, an* about wexrn thuuaand [luunds the richer tor him, I hmve fixeil my rcrlcM- aatlcml fiat u|ion forty -eight |)i>und« fiir dila|iidmtiomi. TTie late rector let the t%then &. gl«*be for ti<) guinraii a yrmr^ but I have nude a diMxiverv of M>nie fn ud<* that have liren cummitted ia the tMivnient of tvthe«, bv which I h.i\r raiiM*«i it for about four- Kcore guineas fur nine year« to conit*. T1ii« frefih aci|uiaitiaci of |in-ferui«nt ha* had a marx flliiu« rtfi'ct un my neighliuur alrrady, who it grown one c»f the most cttniplaiAaot animals that erer was tramelleii. Rut I can inform you of another piece of newai which, aa I know yuu n-joice in my welfare, will still beighlca your pleasure. Th«* living of Wiilpit, yuu ba%e lM«rd me talk nf. 1 ha%e u|«iii (hi« iH^v-a^Mii -•1>I t^i a iii>i^hlMiur, 4 ha\edoiibl«^ my piirrhaM iiniiifx, mi (h.it I am £.«Ni gaim-r by it ; whick, aa iiidiiey i« (he n'i;.*niiig id>il, ha« %i»iiily lnwiTe^l tlie (ipa of manr III' m\ ni'ighlMiun* hat«. • • ' • • Kii«'li*^^l 1 have vi'iit \ou a c.it.il>i;:ui' **\ xhv vu\n% of Carmv- Mu« in till- |Ni^«c-««iiiii .if thf \{*'\. Mr. Win. .M\er«, of Wallun^ near I^iulguani fort. Tliey wfr«' Itiund in iIh* parish vi Feititow. 1. Imp. (*arau-iu« P : r. Aug. Caput ( arausii lanrvaL I . Felicit. Aug : r : a : R. Navia I'rvtoha. J **• V. STDRBLBT AND OTHERS. 484 2. Imp. CarausiuB P. An. Cam capita rodiato ApoUini \ « c : H ; C. MonBtrnm alatum. / 3. Pax Ang. Pacis typus r : 0. in area. Mi. 4. Comes Aug. Victoria stans dextr& lannam, sinislrft \ -, palms ramum. / 5. Securit. Figura stans cruribiu decossatis sinistro'l brachio columns incumbens, dextrA nunum > £%. oleagineum, ut pacia signum pneferens. ) a. Lfctitia Aug. Figurn stans, dextrd gestat coronam, > jp sinistrl anclione innititur. J 7. Imp. C. Caransius p : F : AUG. Cum capita radiato.~| Fas. Auf;. Figura ntolata stans, 0\ese ramuin datum tenet dcxtrft, siuistrfl hastain per trans- > £s. veraum, a destris in area 8. a sinistris P. in inift parte vixii. J 8. Pax ut supra, nm in im& parte KL. £s. 9. Provid. Aug. Providentife typus. JEs, 10. Imp. Carausius p : F. Aug. 1 Virtus Aug. Figura militarix dextil hastam, > £». ftinistr& clypeum. \ 1 1. Figura militaris, dextra cly|>euni, sinintHL hastam. £§. The above in transcribed verbatim from Mr. Myers's letter. I h^ve in my own custody ns follows, all of brass. 1. IMP : c : CARAV8ITB ; p : F : AVO. Capite laurett PAX : Jtva. In area F. Pacis t\-pui. JEre. 2. IMP : CARAVSITB : P : F : atg. Capite radiato. PAX ; ATO. In areft F. qusre p. subter hl. Figora Htolata Htans dextrft flowulnm pncferens,Nnistri baatam. .t. IMP : CARAV8lV!i : p : F : avo. Cnpite radiata TTPV.S : jETERXITATIS : qu : AETERNITAR : ATQT8TI. ReviTH ; ut nuniiii. prima scriei Addison, p, 185. 4. IMP : c : CABAVSivs : p : f : avg. Capite radiato. Figura stolata Btan!<, dextra virgara, siniiitriL hastam t«net in arek nuniine r : p. Subter iiixd. 5. IMP : CAHAVSIV8 : p : F : ATO. Capita radiato. Figura Htolata stans, dextrft rir^gam sinistrt hastam tenet. 485 KUMtHMATlCAL COKRCifrONnKycr. 6. IMP : CARATSnrB. NAVI8 : PRACTORIA. 7. IMP : CAKAVhivs : P : AV. i*apitr nuliato. Fi;,Mir.'i MiiLita «(aiiH, tlt*xlrA \ir;;ain, liiiiifctri ba*lmiii ^ITIU PAX : AVO. Tlu*iio are all tliat I bavi* of C.irau«»iuH. I havi* a |in»mi*r of what Sir Will. Kurilmrv ha* in hm »>lli-oti«in ; likrwiirof LKjcfiBT Svinoiiii**, k Tom. Martin'!*. • • • • Prav whim do viiu puMi^h vour Lift* of CarauMiu? * * I am, (i«Mr I Victor, Your moftt ohli^nl fnend k olmiiont nrnrant, (i. Bl'KTUX. APPENDIX. Memoir of thb Revsbsnd Caleb Parnbax, B.D., BMOtcm OF UfFORD, NoRTHAVPTOSSHIRSi 8PBCIALLT WHITi'Jm ffOE THIS Volume, bt the Rby. J. B. Luxsr, B.D., ultb Fellow OF St. John*8 College, Cambridoe, Yicae of Uabtov- cum-Grafton, Yorkshire. The mention of ^Mr. Parnhanii of Ufibrdi** whidi ooeon twice in this oorrenpondence, affoitls an opportunity of reacniiig from oblivion the name of r man who was of oonsiderable mark in his time, of varied attainments, and, judging fimn the aeanlj notice of him in NiehMM Liierarff AnecdoUM^ of singularly amiable disposition. It is somewhat wonderfbl that be should have been so completely forgotten. Caleb Pamham was the ion of Caleb and Hephsibah Pam- ham, and was born at Empin^rham, in Rntlandshire. The esad day of his birth is not known, but H most hare been between May 11 and Joly 17, 1694, as on his mommient at Uffbrd he is described as in the 70th year of his age when he died, on May 11, 1764 ; and he was 17 when admitted at St Join's CoOi|e^ Cambridge, on July 17, 1711. His fiither^s name appears (in Blares Butlattd^ i., 182) as a psrty to a Deed eotting off the enuil of the property of Sir Thomas Mackworth, October 19, 17CK), in which he is described as ^'gentlenian;** and in the Register of Burials at Empingham, when Hephsibah Famhaai is buried on Jnly 26, 1705, she is described as << wtfii of Cblsb Pamham, Gent** But when the hnsband is boried, on DeoenH ber 23, 1782, the entiy is simply ^ Caleb F)mlna^ Ssnes.** I conjecture from this thai the old nmn knl booant rsdnosd in circumstanoes, and this ooqfoelnin fteshrss 4^7 ArrKMiix. th«* nunilior nf fxliiKili«in« thai \u% von nliUiinf«l whrn at tlw rnivfr»iiv. It ha« aImi U^-n 4U|i|inMnl tlimt thr fatlirr art#d ■» Atouanl iit* Sir TIiimiiu« Maikwurth** r«latr. Thnr lf»mh i« atill in i^\i'*it'ii M tiif *Miii(h iif t]ie rhancrl wall nt FIm|>iii|;hAai (*lniri-)i, aiii{ i-llif ii;iNl lit* :i vrrv iiiah;rnant iiiw».iM*. FViifii thrir iiaiiit <«. I «>hiiiilil iiiiairini- th.it thrv nrrr U)th ^••iiii*Mh:it t'.irlifr ili.iii Itii^i. hut I ran Iram mt iii'irr |>arti<-ular« alHitit tlii'iii. :iii:ir.iiivi'I\ iati-Iv. in Iirii'«*«trr«hirr. <*.ilf>h )*.iriilt.iiir« h.i{i(i«in wBi ilflaviNi till Januark 14, l»V.»4-."i, *•• ili.i! ihiTi' !•• n«i nii*an« nf a|i|triixiinalin;; tn»»rr rUv^ly U* tli«* ii:itf ••!' lii« iiirth than haj« lM<«*n ihiiM- ali>>\r. Hr waa h:i|iti««il at KfM)iiii;:l)aiii, h\ Nathanirl Wr^din, %irjr. Hr «&» tiliuMtiii at thi' (irainiiiar SrlnMil at i^khain, thr bemil mivtrr of whiih :it tliai tinn- wa« Hi-nr% Wright.' fit' i'hri«t < burrll, nxt'iip). < h) .1til\ II, 171H, hi* wa% .-iilniiltiil a |im*if»n«-r ml Clan* Hall, < 'aiiiliriil::i . .i* )>ii|iil in Mr. (irrt'n: uml ih«* rhuirr tit' l)ii« • «ill« 'J*- u\:\\ Im- tairl\ allrihut«*il In thi* larf lli.it It pa^*^ M*«M*<1 ti'iir r\liil>iii<*ii*. riiiin«taiiTiati«in. Ac. which all «rlM»lar« wrrp riN}ii:r«^l !•• •'iil>«> riiM*. IIi- a|>|4*ar<. ht»iic*\rr. In ha^t rvBir into H'^i'lcnit' at'ii-r Ka-ti-r in KM. anil krpt thr rii«ijin|; tCTVI, ilMrinj Mh.ili (ao ^1r. (iri«*n iirliti*'*) \iv Iwha^nl hiin*rlf with i:ri at \ if III* ami «"''riil\. Atti r ihi« Ih* mi[*ratril t«i St. Joba*a t'nlli/t. \thiHr nn Jul% 17. 1711, iifi'lt r l*r. Ari«fr\. mini, (hi Ni'WmiUt ti fullowini; he i-livt*-*! a S« li'Iar "t' tin- < ••!lf';;i-, aj» «ut< r N, r, .. ai.-7, Pamham was elected to one of tbe Foundress's Fellowships in St. John's College, in snccesxion to Thomas Verdon, ejected. This was an irregular election, the statutable time being on Monday after Passion Sunday, which in that year fell on April 8 ; and. indeed, there were three Fellows elected on that day. It was caused by the ejection of certain non-jurors. St John's College bad np to that time been a kind of stronghold for the non-jnron, which is not to lie wondered at, considering that four out of the seven bjabopa who were im- prisoned by James IL in tbe Tower, via. ; — Lloyd of St. Aaajrfi, Lake of Chicheater, White of Peterboroueh, and Tnmrr of Ely, 489 APrcNPix. wire C(»nnccied with the ctillfgr ; tlie lut of theM, indMd, hftd \iecn Miiiit«T of it fnim 1070 tn 1679, and hin mit^erMor, Dr. (iow«*r,' wnii well known to Im* a favoun*r of the nun -jn run. On July 2A, !(>*.*.'{, a manflainu^ wa^ iMUml U* him to tjert twrniT Fi'llfiWH whii wrre iiiifi-juron», hat th«Mr nami-a I haip niit rrt li-ariit {Luitrfll iii., 144); ariii nn Aii;;tiJit 10 fi>ll«iwiD^, a liill of Iiiilif*tiii«'iit wan hriiui;ht a^ain^t him at Caiiihrid^e A^iir% for iinC h living; ij«*ct4*«l thriii. Thr f^rami jury, hr. (f'lwer aiiil (he iii)fi-juhn^ Ffllnw^ (/^u^ 191), ami on (>rtiiU*r 26 the Kin;;'^ H«*rii-h ^rinttNl :i mmthiihI uiainlamM^ Ui I^r. G, thoM* U-low them U-in^ rlrrted into tlie M>nioritv over their head%. Tliu^ in 1710 the firtt twelve Fel- liiwt wt*rc — Thoma.^ Tliurlin, Hmniaa Leche, Richard Brrnr, Tlionian Venitin, John ltiller«, Tlionia^ TlM>iD|iktnA«in, Gi^orjsv Pawkin«, Tli'imaii Maker, liop*r Kenvon, Matthew PrMir, Fldwanl Bronie, ami TlmnMft I«an£:fi>rJ ; \\w fir^t fite of wbntn wvT^ M*riion», ISilIem havin|* U-en elected on Cki«ihrr th, 1695, anil thi' iienioritv wa« iMimpleti^l hv the three la*t ; ami a« all FelliiHH (with only four exiY|»tion«) were ohli|sed to he t-lrr|^« men, the n«Tr^Ajirv cvinM^juemv of this w&a no aticceaaiun fiir M'Veral Vf'am, ns thoiu- at the head of the lift! ix»uld DtiC go off cMi t o!lr;»e Livin;**. Pr. Jenkm, (towcr'i Min-e^imr in the lla]iii-r«hi|i ( 1 7 1 1 ), «bo ha*! U'en a non-jun>r, ami a* %\\c\\ vnrau^ hi* Fellowship in ItilHI, hut afterward* timk ihi- t hith«, rrirrieil on a ftimdar |m»IicVi ■ nil (Im* fktale of thin;;« at the he id of the Felkjw»hi|i Li*t in 171ti-7 was mui'h the f^ame a* liefiirr, exiie|i(in|( for the vac'miicira cjuv«l hy death. The nt*xt eWtiiiU ut a Senior Frilovi, after that of Killer*, waa on No\. 4, 17iM*i, ele\en yrart auhaeqacQilv. i(ut tlN* ai^ceaAiiin of (mirp* I. hrtniL'ht matten U> a chai* : after •onie time all the Fellown were rvquir^ to lake iha Oalha^ oa i« MEMOIR OF PAIIKBAM. 490 pain of ejeetion. It would seem thtt Verckm and BiOeri were deprived of their seniority or perhaps rdinqniihed it Totimtariljri and were succeeded by John Foolkes and William BdmondsoDy on March 19, 1715-6, and that either then, or more probaUj later in the year, the stronger measore of ^jeetion )md to be carried out It is verj evident that the College had the strongest repugnance to doing this, and staved off the evil day as kng as thej possibly could. '' The true aooonnt of the ijeotion is this : The Statutes of the Collie require the FeDows, as soon as they are of that standing, to take the degree of B.D* But the Oath of Allegiance is required to be taken with every degree ; so that after the Revolution twenty-four of the Fellows not eoming into the Oath of Allegiance, and the Statutes requiring thsm to com- mence B.D., the}' were constrained to part with their Frilow* ships.'* (NieMs\y.y247. MayorU Ed. of BaktrU BkU ^ Sl JoM$ ColLj 1010.) But is not the number twenty-lour some- what overstated ? There were but twentj-fimr vacancies filled up in the years 1689-96, in the Foundation Fellows, and several of these could not have been caused by lyeetion : the sneeession of Piatt Fellows, then only recently (bunded, is not quite dear, but does not afford apparently suflBcient vacancies to aooount fiir the number here stated. *'As to those who had taken that degree before the Revolution, there was nothing to ^jeet them upon till their refusal of the Abjuration Oath, eiaeled oo the accession of George I.** (/Uf.) The feOowing FeBowa were ejected : — Thomas Leche (Senior FeUow of all) ; Tbonaa Yer- don (3rd); John Billers (4th); Thomas Thompkinson (5th); George Dawkins (6th) ; Thomas Baker (7th, the Hislorian of St John's College) ; Henry Wotton (89th) ; John Firiw (41st) ; Henry RUhton (44th) ; Lancelot Newton (52nd). Lediedied at the end of the jrear, and was buried in the (3otkge Cb^ on Dec 30, 1716. Farice and Newton afterwards dia^ged their minds, and were aoccnrdingly sworn, admitted, mad rsstofod to their position on January 21, 1716-7, and the other e^giit FsU lowships were filled up hy Leonard CSiappelow (of whom move wiU be said below), Ridiard DHIkes, WUtlqr Heald, Sdwaid Wilmot, Caleb Famham, William Chute, Emrj Fbthstsluu hauj^h, and Thomas Tatham. At the aame time Tbomaa Hffl 4H1 APrncDix. aiiti Rirhanl Monin« wen eI<*ot^l Piatt Frll«>w« in place of Gi*or(;f' IUx(«r and Philip Kr«H)kr, rjiTtAd. All thrM mrrr ad* iiiit(«**inain«Nl th^ri* till hi^ lii'atli in 174'). lit* wa« pntlaMy tli«* «urvir«ir of all the rjfftiNl FVllow4 ; aiiil a« ill 17:?4 cmi* *' Ki*%il. Mr. Tunikintoti " w:i« liiirji'tl ill till* ( '«illi*p* <*li:i|M'l, it i« r«*:i««iiulilt* ti> ^uiifM**** that tl>i'\ ili'l till' <^.iiiii- Itv liiiii. aiiil iw-rliip^ tin- ntltt'pi al^t. Pnrnlianr^ <*ollt*^i» Kxliiltition i-ainr tn an mil in ITlti, ainl Saw^iT was «'lt-ft4N| Iii« siufi-^s^ir «•» SMiti-iiilirr 12 in that \r%r. }h% S^hiilapkhiji, %:ir.iCf'«l liv hi« i-lit ti.tn tn a FVIIow^hip, wa« tilli'*! 11)1 hv UhImtI Siiiiih at thi* :;i-iirral S-hiiI.irshi|i Elivtittn, on Ni*^«MnlN'r 4. 1717. Hi' mviii^ :it •tiirt« tn ha\i* l«*«*n put nn the t'iillr;;o K«liii*alioii:il Staff. a« lifua^ ap|Miintt^l I^'otur Matutina« (with Miin«* others) on -luli /i, 1717 ; on Julv !<>, 1711^, he waa ap|Hiint«*«l Siili-hvtiir iii\o MiMltTator in AulA ; on Jul\ M. 17il). hi- \\a« upfMiintiHl MaihrinatiiMl F^aniinrr, ann*ly wen* nii-an« of drawing Minir «inall ati|ieffKla iM'Iniigiiig til thi-ni, thi* otficN-^ haiin;; lapMii inti» «infcur«a. at h*a«t in •mmi* in*itan(*«*«. Hi' ^raiiu-ittnl M.A. at th« proprr tine in 17r.». Thi' arrntint ;*ivon nf Parnhani in «Vu*/i.>/f'« iMmiry Amttdci^a i^ iiuiiilv friiiii the Hiv. John «l«inr«. of' WVIwin. wLi> trIU b« that hi* «|H-nt nlmut M*\vn yf^r« in pri\atr tuition in Henfofid- *hirr. Hr wa* riiiiiiinii'ndr|«M«-«I in |,iiii for thi« fiAcr. I*ariihain w.i« in i\rr\ ri-«|4-«*t <|iialttit^l fnr thf truM, an«l a fit |4'rs«>ii lit li\i ill I ):rntli ni:in'« fainiU, ami ti* do it rr^lil.** We in.i\ «.iti-l\ a««':;n tlii« i'ii:;a::rnirnt nt Parnhani In thr \tnr m ITS.', nr |Hi««iM\ thi- I.iIIit pan ft I72I. lir m^'Oi* to hA«Y nit t with rrry iinhand^nnir tn-atiiu-iit ihi rr. Jcmr^ trIU •§ (and It i« wry rharai-trri^tu* of tht i Andl^ncr of ParahuB*t rharai-trr to liury thr niatt«*r in obht inn) : '* He did not tdl mm^ hut I wa» t4dd hv thoM* who well knew, that all thai tinw be iv^ HEHOIR IIF rAKNBAH. 4il:! ceived little or no pay ; only Mr. Ciesar assured him, from time to time, that he should be paid, and ulsn that he should hare the livings of Beunington and of Abbot's Ripton (both id Mr. Caesar's dunation), when vacant. Both the turns wt're sold afterwards for ready cash, and j;ood Mr. Pamfanin wa» disappointed, which be bore without regret or complaint." Abbot's Ripton is a village near Huntingdon, and will appear again below. It was there that Jones made Pamham's acquaintance, he being curate there, about the year 1728, and Parnbam probably would have been visiting there with Mr. GKsar's family, or Mr. Cresar very likely had another mansion there. *' In all my life," says Jones of Parnhnm, *'I hardly ever saw a more valuable man; so learned, so knowing, bo expen'enced, so honest, of »o good a temper, and so agreeable and entertaining, as well as free and 0|>en, in all bis conversation." Pamham'a pupils would probably by this time have been grown up, or he himself may b.ive reason- ably thought that it was useless to continue longer with little or no remuneration ; it is a very natural thing, then, that he deter- mined on returning to St. John's College, where be was ap- pointed tutor, an office for which be was excellentlr well quali- fied ; and of him in this capacity Jones writes that '• he discharged the office of an able and exemplary tutor with the greatest repu- tation and usefulnes.t," and elsewhtTe he calls hini " this excellent man, being the best of tutors at St. John's." In 1727 he graduated B.D., and must have had a year of grace to postpone this for a year, which was very common amongst the Fellows of St. John's in the middle of that century. In addition to the office of tutor, he filled that of Dean of the C'tillfge, being elected Junior Dean on Februarj- 27, 172(*-*l, and re-elected the following ye.ir, and on February ?, 1730-1, be was elected Senior Dean, which office ho held far sis vears. Id I73'i wc find him and some othent appointed Lectores Alge- braici. and on July f>, 17;^, he was elected Iiector Principalis, and Lector Gnecus in Aulk. On September 5, 1732, he wti appointed "Chaiilain" on the Poundrcsa's (l.adv Margaret) toundation, in succession to Mr. Kichardsun ; and on Januaiy 21, 173.%-!, he succeeded Dr. Peak in a similar Chaplaincy of the Duchess o{ Suffolk's fouodadtm. These were merely line- 49^i AITKNDIX. riiro offifN'H. Hill thrn* wan onv ciflic« » liirh wan bv no niram a HliKtriin*. On No\riiilM*r 9, 17341, hf wa^ ap|Miiulftl Saiilrnan I AS 't til or. Tlii!« yvtLs an nflict* wbirb bail Ut-n fnuncli-ci not h^ng iM'fnn' by Lail\ SaiUrir, tor tbi* |»ur|H*M» uf toarbiri); untirr- i;raiiiiat«*^ Mutbi-iiiaiii^, ami r^|iei'iall\ Alp-bra. It niMr^ iu Kiuinanu«*l anil Sl tliibn'^ ('ollo;;«ii, ami a f>'w «i(b«*r«, an^l r\ni- tually waft «*\tfnilol (a*« tin- <*HUt4' lM*4*anie mun* iirtniuctiir) to all tb«' n*Mi:iinin^ «Kilir;*r%, rarly in tbe |irfM-nt ct*ntuM. Her I^atlv^bip ftatuil brr inUMitinnit ver\ |tlaiuly, aii«l preacnlMHi no iin|ir:i«*t>rab]i' oiimlitittn?!. Tbo I^M^turrr Ma«« to bi* a|i|iin;:e umler;n^uatr« ti) brin^ «lifliouUief« tn bini t*i U* (mi!\«««L Tin* S^llerun Trii%lr«a liati iil^i |HiW4'r til niiMlit'y, ac«sinlin;; tn tin* cirruwMtanrr* iif iK« tim«*Ki, till* KfMvial riilr«i, in nrtliT U* M^'ure tbe l«-lter I'ultibnefit oi tb«* iibjtvtH lit tbe emliiwnirnt. Tbe «bitle ut tbi* rndommmt wa« rtintiMMti*il, in arrnnUmf witli tin* ri-iiinin»ondatitin i»t' xhm l'ni\i-r^it\ ( '«iiuiiiiv«iiin nl' IN^O; and fur wbat puqaw«*'' To MLiLi* I nrw l*r(>t'«*^^in»bi|i nf Matbematu-«, and ii> au;*nient iIm !Nti|i«-riintfd, 1 tbink it only dur to I'arnbam, and mr (itbi r itri'vlit -e^Mir^ in tbe otKn*, to put thi« flji^ranl act of mIiUtv «iM rei-«inl. Tlie l^ei'turca be^n in St. Juho't Cullc|e« in 171i. ami Tarrbain wa^ tbe tbird wlm b«*M tbat uffif^; hm pittlt^i •-«^ir'» U-iri^ «liibn NeMoinie and l*bilip Williams Ho til M it utiii) III- fiiialU Irt't Canibrid;;e. »ben be «a« ■uci^^i^M br Artliiir rniiii*. wlio wa« ap|i>iintetl Marcb i'i, 173li. On Jul% 3« 17.>4, bi- «•■-« elivt«Hl a S*niiir Fellow, id «U(*iY-a«iuli to Df. l»rakr. On OctoU'r 13, 1734. \tv waa inalitulnl to tbe Roetory of HEHOIR Of FABVUAH. i'Ji Pickworth, in Rutlandshire. This is a parish abont five or six miles north of Stamford, and adjacent to that of Great Caster- ton. There was no church, the old church ha\-iDg been destroyed. "In Wright's time (1680 or earlier) nothing but the steeple, nick-named Itlock-Bej^gar, was then standing. This is evidence at once of the ruin of the church and the poverty of the place at that period. And as the value of the living was four times as much in the reign of Edward I. as in that of Henrj- VIIL, it ia highly probable that considerable devastation was committed in Pickworth in the reign of Edward IV., at (he battle of Home Field. All that now remains of the church is a single aroh, pointed, the capitals of the shafts supjkorting which are decorated with beautiful foliage." {Blare's Hulland.) This arx:h is of early middle-pointed date, and the capitals are unusually good, and have well-executed faces among the foliage. It is of course now much weather-worn, and stands at the entrance of the pre- cincts of the new church, which was built about 1823. An engraving of it is given in Blort'e Rutland. The Battle of Homo Field, just mentioned, took place on March 12, 1470, in the parish of Empingham, about five miles M.w. of Stamford. The name of Bloody Oaks perpetuates the place of the fiercest fighting. Sir Robert Welles and Sir ^omaa de la I^unde had raised 30,000 men in Lincolnshire in support of King Henry VI., and having committed devastations, pro- ceeded to Stamford. King Edward IV. met them with a larger army, and after a desperate battle, completely routed them. It is said that 10,000 were left dead on the field, the YorkisU losing only 1300 men. Some of the fugitives threw their coats off for more c.vpeditious flight, and from this circumbtance the battle has been called that of " Lose-coat Field." But this has caused an error, as the field in question is nearer Stamford, and in tbe parish of Liitic C'asterton, whereas the Act of Attainder against Kichard and Itubcrt Welles, and Thomas de la Launde, passed 12 Edward IV., October 6, 1472, clearly fixes the battle at Home Field. It is singular that a battle of such magnitude should have escaped notice in moat, if not all, of tbe English Histories. The place is on the high road from London to York, and as Pickworth lies somewhat wide of thia, I think it ii Haroely VJS APrENDIX. U> be rcifiM1 thr I«.'iii(':i«trian?« tiMik it, anf St. ThtiiiiUH, St. St4*|ihrn, Trinity, St. MirbafI <'oni)ital, Sc Man Ht'iiiH'Wcrk, South All Saints, St. Martin*^. an«l |iroh«Ulr al^i St. Aiiilri*\\*<«, in that t, UMiki*^, oriianifutA. and othi*r ibin^^t, whiitMN-\rr i%:i** worth thi- rarria^r, a» thiiu;*h thi*\ ha«i bcirii S a nil vn « a 1 1 • 1 1 1 < 1 ( *1 1 r i 1 1 i a n h. ' * ( .V^nn "cii ' » liutory 0/ Sutm/or^^ It woultl M*i'in i|iiit«* aM hki'I\ then that thr ruin of Pickwurth church mi::ht U* Attrilmt«*il in thii* iMrlivr date lilt* li^in;;, of i-outm*, w:iji a Bini^oun*, and tUerv M\>\tnkr% to be tMimr obH'iirity aiNiut the ivi'Ie^iaMiral iHtMlmn of Pirknortb. In I6m3 it Mvin^, from an inih'nturr pn'MTM^ii at (frt-nt Caatrrtoa, to ha\r Imtii c«»fiiid«'r«*r of i'a«tc*n«in, Iravd thf tilli4-« ••! Pii'kiKt*rth ; h«* ua^ iiiMittitni to thr Km-Iott nf Pick worth, Fi-liriiary :fl, hifYii, ,in thr |irr*4 nutitin of I be Earl of K\«'tcr : hi« |irciliv«-«M)r wa^i «Jamp« HackKir. Neither of thfM* arr nitMitioniNl in lilar^^ indi<«il he p%ff-« tmrir brtweca Ktlwanl llynil, in^titiiti'd March M, It'i.'i.'i, anL \1.\\. Hie aiUow*iin wa« c«in\ry(«il to fbr Lord Trcaiurrr iWir^hli-y, in I.')HM ; n«*%cnhrlc^« |irev*nlatiocii wi iiiaJc h% tlic kin;:, a<*, f.*f, KdwanI llvnil ; pnil«l>l\ ibetr «i \t\ r«*a«««n of' lapM*. It Ha« a«HTti'«l U* In* •«• in tin* ca«** of C'l pAndiain. It MonM m « ni that thf a|>|H>intnifiit «ajh due to Itrownlow. Mil Karl of K\rlir. ^Wm hail U^n e^luratMl at 8c .Fohn'* t '(O !•*;:••, thri M'ltti^l an Al(ar-«inice to tbi* tVilleipe, thi* i* rcpn>M*nt«^i an lifin|* ;;ircD ** tarM|uaiii iodictnni wiv uiunifici cr^ Collegium Nntriciun, 17:f(t/' and be MBHOIB or PAKMEAIL 4S6 apparently been admitted in 1718. H« taaat tbonfiva hna been well uqoainted with Fvnhtni, and probablr, in ooine qnence ot Upse, or from lome donbt, thought it nnnnwiTj to recommend him to the king fer this prcfenpent I obMrre in the King'4 baoks that in the oase of a pT«aenti^i There seems thm to bt some doubtfulnoM abont the onion of Pickworth with Great CaMerton ; they have been sine* bdd together ; and hj tba Ael Tor the endosare of lands in CnatHtaH, ** the fla«|«sitiui for tiibw in I^okwortb was bv ■ Most onweanMaUe Umder set out fm-thd rector of OsatertonfM if tba iniibat ware one and 497 AiTKNl*IX. the* MiiiK.** {HLfrt, \K IIM). I nhiiuM think it ri(at4r that thift wa** nii aiiiirahU* arT.ifipMiii*nt, whrrrbv a uniufi *»( tkr two liviiip« iiiij:ht Ih» f*rtfvt««il, I'arnhaiti lirmj jirf^rnt*^! .!• a frioii«i \tni\i fif till* rarl ami of IlarriMin, aii«l thit h«- rr«i^*nrd Pickwnrth MHiii afliT th«* union. Mul thf nianiH r in wKnh it wak cliim* i^ tinijii(>^iiaili in 17^i: ht- «>« al«if rector of Market < Ki-rton, in liutlaml, an«i from 17^7 X** ITT3. wan virar c»f Hvhall. in ihr «.inii* niunt^, wIntt ht* na* ).urii>l. This c'onnei'tion of l*arnh;iiii with ih«- Kiri of K\f(«-r mouM rrn- der it tolernlily tvrtain thai in thoM* (ia\*, when |*ihtic-al f««-Iin;: ran vrry hi^h, hi* «%ai a f.iirly |iriinoiiiiif^i T<>r%. \Vt» have M*tfn alrraily how Atnin^ly thv Co' I !•):«>, in P^rnLain't early davH, w.i« attachtii to tho non-juring |inn«'i|*lfl**, and :t wjt loD^ h«furf thi^ fM-Iin;: lisui du^l out. " TIh-m* |irini'i|*l«'^ ff the memlten of thin S^Mety ni.iil«- it htilr a^rn^^ahh' at Couii. «krrr, howrver, ihrv had alwa\^ mw ijtHHl fmnd (th«>iii:h h«- h^ im niean^ a;;rt'Vil witli thi'iii in thrir MMitiini>iit*i, ( '•iiiiini«*ar^ Ih. Kowlantl [Hit-h.inlVj liill. fiayniajitir ti* ihr anii\ m FlarMii-r» tinder King WiUiam. (Si^- H'otUm^t lianmtta^^ \. iXbh Oar day, upon B«inie iud re|Mjrtji there frxmi < *anihridp*, th«- then Lord C*arteri't igiid. ** \V«-1I. Mr. C*oiniui%Mirv. what \\A\r lou l«» aav for \our itilh p* ihiw • " " Whv. to \^ •ure. 1 niu*t own thai circuniiilancvsi an* .i;raiiiiii ii« , hut lhiiu;:h 1 hardU ^\ia\\, wbu am an old iiiun, vn I dan* »a\ ^iiur {.••nUhih will, !i%r to ■«« that (NiMrp- a« o1im^|iii«iu« a* aii\ ntlirr. " Tlii* |>n«lioii«io wa* roinph'tf-K hilhllt^l ; « in n h.« I^>riUhi|' ntiinHiinI I^r. Taylor, whrine:| of the University, and there was a ven- keen contest Ifetween them, which was conduolt-d on political greuuda. Dr. I>ainbert obtained the ulficc by a majority of only one, the votes being 84 to 83. The pull is printed in (.*ole's MSS., vol. 40, p. 31 ; the names of the voters being, with few exceptions, given by Dr. Zachary Grey ; he adds that '* Dr. Mawson stood in the Whig interest, and got a bishopric; the Tories supported Dr. Lambert, who got nothing." Tlie state of the poll shews how im[>oeslblc it would have been to have carried a Tory Vioe- Chancellor, unless ^L John's all kept together: mm) that the •iW AlTKNiilX. Tory fi*cltti>; i»«K \erv Htruii^ in that < ollr^r, umI that r\ru in tha CAM? nf Dr. Nrwcimif, ancl aiiv ochir \Vhi;r* ^^*** «rrr mrai* U*n of it, tb«*ir Col lop* fi*«-liri|; wa* tuo f»tronf; for their |M>liticaL It in fntiii thin |Nill tliat we Icani tin* furt that I>r. NrvMHnr had taken his nanif otT the t\illi*p* Uianln. Ih-. I^niU*ri, atVr a ^ho^t pn*f(pctun* of iwanvly ri^ht yi^arii, «lif^l on January ti^ 1734-.S, and tlir tVllow?» nf Sc. flohn'n hail to rli-rt bi« fturm^ur. Two randiflatrn wore |iro|MMKHl — rhilip Willijnii, anil Caleb Parnham. Tin* former of theM* wa^ thon Prnudent of the Collect, and hail (MM*n tut4>r for iu*\i*ral w*arK Ilr «a% \tom in 1694; vnU'Tvtl at St. Jnhn'ii in 17lO; \*ra«lu4tnl H.A 1714; M.A. 171K: H.I). 172.S: 1>.I). 17.i«i. Mr iia« rl.^.Mi !>«». dent in 17XM, and in 17:iO Puhlir (»r.itor of tlie rnivrr%ity.* We have »een that Pamhani wa^ a reniarkabU effi« irni tutur. ■o much ■(> that hii reputation in that ca|ia(-it\ rrinai unl at Cambridf^ for tweaty-fiie wan at lea^t afler be let) iL He waa al«) Dean of the Tolle;;!*, and i« ilateil in AirAo6 U* bat^t b(H*n a vwy f[ooA disciplinarian. It in nu^grated there tbal he mar fierliaps have been t«Mi gtMjd an one, and ctintracteil aume un|icipu!anty in comefjuence ; but thi» «eein« unlikely. ina*miicli an he waa elected from vear to vear into the Dn'anal office fur ei^ht Buccewive veam. Thin fact of itM>lf i% •uftictent to aliev that he diftcharp^l the duties of that nffii-e with jud;nnent« dis- cretion, and courteMT. for of the (.*i»ilf^e ufliicea it in that one in which it in moat eaay to Iwoouie un|iopular frtini a o»nftaentiuas divhar^^ of duty, and therefore about the mo»t difficult one to fill effirientlv. WillianM hail lieen elecUxl Fellow on Marrh 19, 1715-6, and M-a^ now 7th on the litit, and rarnham Ha« ^th, •■• that there wa* little or nothing; to choiMo JN'twevn them on the tcorr of «tanilin^ in tlie i*o!lr^e. A tliinl cjiHliilate i»a». huwer«r« KpiU^ht fiirward by .i few «if the Fellow*, i-hiefl\ thiwr of al fti\ (If iM'ven year« utandinf*, in the |4*rn of Ih. Nei For hi 4 cliaracter we mav n*fer to Cole'* acc«iuut uf him ia • Hr «M tb« aoa of l*tiili|i WiIIimm. of M John's <*o||^|v %A IC;;^ MA IWtl . Iiflct.*r .if Ouildingt«m. Ulr '*t T.\y He beoaMc R««u«f of S.irfolk . an4 of llarTtiw. K«ffulk. in i;»-«<». diad i;49 Hat aoa f%thy ftllow of Sww Collagn. Otfufd. and oi WiachMUr Coll^fa. UEUOIR OF PAIt\HAH. MX) Mayor's edition of Baktr'$ JJittory of the ColUget from which it would appear that be was distiniruiBhed for duplicity. Consider- \Dg this, and his pronounced Whig opinions, and his having ceased to l)e a member of the College, one would think at first that his cliauce of succe&s would be nt^; but as it turned out, the result of the poll was a lie between Williams and Pamfaam, each of them rec«iriiig fifleen votes, and Newcome eighL It is a singular coincidence that the three candidates were all Sadlerian Lecturers. The election must have been looked on with great interest by those away from CamUrid)(0, as we find the Bishop nf London (Qibsun) canvassing for Williams. "Among many original letters and papers communicated to me by my ever esteemed friend Dr. Zacli. Grev, one is from Bishop Gibson (v. my vol. 30, p. 15fi), dated Whitehall, Feb. 3, 1734-5, but the address is lost ; as Dr. Grey had a great many of these pn|>ers from Dr. Williams, I make no doubt but that it was directed to him. The date shews it wm only three days before the election of the Master. In it the Bishop tells him that he wrote the day before to Mr. Barnard and Mr. Lowe, informing them thiit he wisheil him success. Notwithstanding this appli- cation, 1 find by the poll (v. my vol. 21, p. 86), that they both voted for Dr. Newoome." (CoW» Aoeouat (^ John Naeeome, apud Mayor, |). 1025). Anotlier election was therefore nece^ sitated, and for some time neither party shewed any inclination to jrive way ; at last Williams retired id favour of Newooow, riH|Uestin to vote for him. It would seem prob- nblf that Panihani also retireil himself from the contest, Mod it was resolvt-d upon making nn effort to keep Dr. Newcome out of the Masti-rship. Aocurdin};ly anotlier fonnor Fellow waa jiut into nomination, Leonard (.'happelow, who haa been men- tionod almvc as fleeted on the same (lay as Pambam. He had vacatcfcfT L«iiin>« ■Chuln Kirliu.lk.n |-hiti|i Will.un. If K.I -•rl H-r«f. J..hn M. J.^ ,11 Tb *I..r Tti- H-m^ t hi 'h" V'.mWt Ml' h^l flin..n Wi; Stl-.tu Nwhu J-h>. • ' IWt«ti tnlrra Aim J..I..1 W ll..».r! uiu Th-i.>.i >lH l< n-ffiu H.TV Til' aw h..'.i K l>ar retunrkable a piece of sen-ice. I wrote to Mr. Taylor about the election, but whether the letter miscarrieil, or he disliked tlie freedom of it, I cannot say. I have had no answer. There is no talking of it freely to Dr. W[illiams?J Unw many [>oo|ile make themselves ridicn- loHs for want of steadiness ' Tliey hn\e made the best choice they could, whoever were the authors of iL" Bowyer wrote on the back of the letter the names of seven Fellows — Barnard, Lowe, Hrberden, Green, Fo-; voted for Chappelow, and John Morgiin, who declinol to vote; and that John Qreen, who supported Xewooine in the lir:t| election, voted against him in the second. This miiii-conn table conduct of Green's explains the discrepancy between the number of " the flying aquadron " mentioned in Clarke's letter, and that sl.'ite«) in the note at the end ol' it. Green had )>ccn elected (u the Fellowship vacated by Chajipclow ; he was alicmanls lUgius ProfesMr of Divinity (17411); Master of Corpus Climti Colh-ge (1750); Dean of Lincoln, and finally Bi^^bop ot Liueoln (1761). He died April 25, 1771'. Ho was a pruuouncinl Whi^, and in consequence of his views, Kin^: Georgr HI. ^aid of him, " Green, Green, be shall never he tmnshttetl." (Mayor, p. 710). It would aeem that the ek-ction mainly turned on |iolitical views; and the suc- cessful oumjketitor for several yearn found his poeition anything but a Ivetl of roses. He hail a long prefecture, bowerer, and towards tite etid of it had modelled llie College into greater har- mony with his own feelings, ami probably was a great cause of 503 APPKMMX. th(* )iri'\alt'ii(v of Will;; fi|iiiiiiiri« in it tn tlic c*lnf liir laM ci'iitiirv. S|M-Hkiri;; ri»ii:.'hl\ . I'arrifurii ulitaiiif^l lU«* »u|»|Hirt xA till* M'liiiir |ian cif lli«* F«*ll : William^ tit* thi»M* iH'\t below him : tltf Jiiiiior>* Ihmiil' «li^ii»«* •'\fi . :Hnii| thiiikiiij lii.r im-ii-t tin- i iiriiiii^t.ihi •■« tlii- I '^lU^'r iiiaili' ;i iiii^l.iki' ; tli.il It t^:!- \u»\ !•• tlti ir iiittTt »t In \\a\* tbnr iii'W Ma«ti-r ^1 )iriihitiiiii-f«il\ «<]>)ni>«i1 !•• tl.i- itlil tratlition* (a tmi vrrv lii^^iiiiilar iii«C:iiiif :ii a latiT |if'fi«"l iiii;;ht U- iiifnli«>ffi«nl, wliii)i tnr >iiini' littli* tiiiii- ({• |>ri'-«i •! flu- * ••!!•-;:''! • '1*^^ ruriilaiii u;i« tlii- )irM|H r iii:ih tn In- iltiTi'i : .iiiC (tiih;: «•!, X\m9 V**\\t"^*' Iii«t tifir will! ii(ii iiii|ir>il'alii\ ui'iilii li.i\*' Ih-«'Ii fit tlimi ^iiiiftli'ii:; lik«- Pr. il.iiiit-* \Vt.itr, i'«-t*lr*i- a*tii al ami ri\il, L'<'niT;ill\ .in-." «.^k*/.i-/«. i., •iS'*). Arnl v€ I'ainliiin In' «a\«. In- ua« ** ::i-iii r.illx Iiiiii nf tin ('«i|U*;:r. mf^\ all t\i rllfiit liiM-jjiIiiurian fulntji. Ii\ tfu* w.i\. nii;:ljt lir ibr |»rinM|al n-a^Mii ili.it In* iii>i nnl MUit'^-il m hi« oini|«-titMio fiBf tilt* li4aii«}ij|i)." (AVAo/#. %iii., \M^). Fruni <*lArkr'ft Irltrr it uiiiiM a|*|M ar tliat l^r. Willi.iiii% (il n U* ht* thai m luranl !•« W., wliirli Mi'in* iiiii^r |iiiil*.iMr\ t«-lt ihr i|i«a|i|Miiiiiiiieni itiiit b ; hut .!« in till • 4M< nt till ilirirKriUhiri* tiitiir>»lii|i. rarnliAm |ir«4^ alil\ iM.ri' 11 Mith M|ii.iiiiiiiit\ . t hi Marrfi .'0. K.i.'i, III M.i« a|<|N>iiitfl-«l a rlia|ilAin iiii ibr txiiiii.iii'-ii of Mr. ^.iMkin-. »iii i-v ••liiij |tr Williaiii* : An*!, 141 •liil\ I* t >lli>%«inj. ill I •■a'i'vl (hi* I li.iiil.iihi \ aiitl ihf («ti ••ibrr* MJin \i hi III 111. Uinj a)i|«' n(i-«l lit aw thi-r nn iht* t>iuritialK4i ti^ I'r. Tl. )*'Miii. :ii »iiri'«-««iiin ii> ^lr t'l.irk. On JiiU 4, 17.15, III' »j- a|<|->iiiti-i llil-rrw I^-c-tiiriT, t-i •Ui-it^'d I>r. Nrvitcm. nil Pi-.tniU-r !■•*, iT.if'i, li< i» " A«*i;.'n.itu« »il CAt«H*bii«i MEMom or PARXBAM. 5U4 i.e. ip^Minted cal«chist,' or College preacher, an office which allowed hira to hold a living under £30 in the King's books along trith hia Fellowship ; there were thirteen of iheise preachershipe ; aod on the same day he was presented bj* the College to the rector]^ of Thorington, in Essex. ThiH appenrit (o have been held, at any rale for some time, bi Fellowg, and the vacancy was then cau.nior Fellow, Tliey apparently remained in ('ollegf. On Fclininry 21, 1736-7, ho was instituted to this rectory (lu-e RwonU at Si. Paul's), but he never eecmii to have gone there ; bis Dame does not appear in the Regislers ; imleed no name appears botwi«n Thomaa Broughton, IG^tO (he was buried in St. John's College Chapel, 1708), and Chappel Fowler, 1745 ; nnd at this lust lime the College carried out ik echeme of uniting Thoringinn to Prating, a neighbouring pariili iti their imlronBge, and tliey have rt-maiDed in union ever since. It would be renvmable to infer that alter the Mastor^hiji election. Parnhnm dett-nnined to leave Cambridge on the first offer of a living of fair value, and to de\'ate himself tn |>nrochial dulii's : and it was ut>t long Ix-fore an offer came. The rectory of I'Bord. with the cha|>elry of Baiaton, l>etween PettTlHirouph and Staiufonl, became vacant in 1737. The College had become {Mlnm uf the living alKiul the beginning of the century, and had pre^-nleil Thomaa Itusvile in 1709, and after his deiith,* Luncelui iStnilh in I"!'*, I'nmhaDi accepted this, and n'signed Thoringtun, in which he wa* suc- ceeded by Ricliard Cayley. One n-aMin for hi* acce)>tanee of Uffurd doubtlein wa^ that be hereby rcturoMl to the iieigbboar- hood of his native place. His institution l-iok plaw on Januarjr 19, 1737-». He ma«t, however, liave rcuiainiil in Cambritlgc daring bis year of grace to deliver hi.* Sadli-rian Lectures! a* hia aucressor was not appiiintcti till the next year. At the expir- ation). I thi>. Benjamin Culm succcinled him ;iii Senior Fclluw (February 17. 1738-9), and Davi. Ijiinl»- wiis el.tted int.. his vacant Fellowship on April 9, U3V; \)r. Williams succ«eded * Parnhun* nuoe i> tlir lul but ibw of Mr. tJinwit, in Jal7, l1S».—.VafM. p. saT. (teMbet Si. i;i«, «t <« ; b« I* btirlcd m (.VunL fiHA ArpRvnix. hiin in liii IIflin*w lAVtureii« in ikii|»|aiM' ihit •••iiu- tsnn- aner hit niNTiii;; ii|miii hi** U*n«*tiif, hi* hiii wmif ih«»u^hl« nl •'n|^|p- iii;* ill the iiutriiiiiiiii.i) htiti*. bih! thai h«' inuiir |•^»|«•^aU. wiUl thin virw, to a t'.iiiiJv \%ith m hi<*h hi* ■ml I w«*rr %!• 1! a4'-,ij«ititnl. I Aiii iiiit f'lii'i' of ihi->, for h«- iu»\t*r toM iiu' «ii, hut I •u«|i«iii ii hrn* rtin\i'Vf*(l that thi' I.ulv wa* ill-i'l^i**-!! in r«'fu*»iii|; rariihain*'« otfrr ; anii no nirntion i« maili* of lirr |«r* riitap', Ar., a» I MiriiiiM*, from (vat of ;;iMD;; otTmiv to Iter friiMiiU, :il, aii«l lhu« ■•h*iitit\ ihi- Ludi^nd. If tlif'M* tun in\f^ti;;Btion« i-(iinoid*-«l in t»iii lail\, thai iiiii*! Up till* oiii- Miti;;hl. Tilt* invi*«ii^Mtion. tlHin|;h uii|tnfniiftin;;/ liaa lir>i*n HiniiiilarK »nr«^*»«fnl. Knim (\MU»Ht /*ir#/i /J^Wp«mv IIAe^ Nic^r, 1 fiml that oitl\ t i;»hl mm w«tv Loth lri*h di-an* anJ lii4)iii|m wiiliiii till- «| HI -I Ho I |iprii«l. Ml. : 1. SainiK*! Hull hiii*Miii, pran of I>ruiiiiiri-. I7:fl<; |li«lii»|i of KilLda Aiid Arhtinr\ , XthK^. t •IriMiiifl Hriiwiif, Ih-an i*f !{••««. 1731k ; Ili*h«i|> i«f KitUlor, 17l.t. 3. r;:p St<»nr, P«'an of I^rr\, 1734: Mithoi* of 174M. Thr pruliiem in fact, «bcn ■Uftnl. «m ikit To Aad Uw UlT «h<«c HUB' «M ■Dknuwn. and thai of Arr k«at«D4 aak MEMOIR OF PARKHAH. SUA 4. William Gore, Dean of Cufael, 1736; Bishop of Clonfert, 1758. 5. Thomas Eletcher, DeaD of Down, 1739 ; Bishop or Dromore, 1744. 6. Robert Downes, Dean of Dairy, 1740; Bishop of Fems, 1744. 7. Arthur Srarth, Dean of Raphoe, 1743; Bishop of Clonfert, 1752.' 8. Robert Johnson, Dean of Tuam, 1756 ; Bishop of Clovne, 1759. An examination of the obituaries in the GenlUmtm'a Magaxtne gave onlv the foHowiD}: informatioD (in the number for July, 1761, p." 334), "July 10, Mrs. Smjth, lady of the Bishop of Down." And from Irelaad the information was received that Stone, Fletcher, anil Johnson, do not a|>pear to have ever mar- ried ; Brown married in 1723, Gore in 1737 (and his wife was an Iribh lady), Hutchinson married an Irish lady, Duwnes was married to a lady nnTiieiblln for baTinf fntaraatod hloMtlt ta tbt hiTMllntiMi. ud bsTlni oonmaiiicalcd vitb ttir Barnard Barlie. vbo kindl; npptiad the thr im«*v«>ntful on** <>r the niuntrk' rector ; iitiil h** apfn^m t» kAi"* i)rvi»i«Ml liiniM'lt' If I till* ilili^'nt ami failiit'ul lii^rhar^pr of hia rl<*rii-al (iiiTv. " lit* wa^ a iiiml exi*iii|»Iary ami UM>ful pan«li iiiiiiiMiT, airi \t). |{f lia* airmail V Im«i*ii M*rn ti> liavt* Imliifri thf ••ffirra 1)1' (rrr**k aii'l lifdriMv Lfcciircr, ami lii« 4|i*;fr**** •lH*«inl him lo In* an ••\i*fllfii( iiiatlifiiiaiicMaii. In lhi*M* iiav« of |iulfhr Ijitin iii^|iiitati<>n in tlif «i-hiiii|«, ||ii» |M>«iliori ruiilil ritit ha«r hrm atlairi«*ii uiifintii iJinpI I«atiri m'holar«lii|i m\^* Thf <'tiiTr«|Miii* itf'tii*!- \i liii'li hi* Ih'iii till* ii«-iMr«*) h«- hail ^tuiiic.*«i piituiiiolo^v t*i «urh aa i-\t«*nt :i^ til \f rii-<»:^'iiiM<«i a^ tin* liM*al aulhtiritv nii that •ubj««-t. It i|i)MMr*i aUit tli.ii III* ki')*t a ilaily ulhwrvatinn o( lli«* wratbtr wliili' I If u.i« at I'tlnnl ; lit* had tixfti an liyiinuiirirr in Im ^ar^ ilffi. ** A <>liurt lii-iorv ol lhi*M> chanKt^ fur abuut CMt-nl%-l^te \i*.ir« wvTf |>iiMi«iit*«r imt)." (Joiva, tipmi yirhiJf, \iii., .(i?^). Tlio««* atictiiintA wcMiM br \rr\ inlrr- <*«tiii^ it' tlir\ i-tiiilii U* n*<'«)Vi>rr«l, hul unfortuiiatrK, aa %H. aU M-arrli li:i« |tpi\«^l tViiiili-A*. Thr ni«»«t liki'ly nc«i*|ka|irr lo bar* 4iintaiiif-«l tfii-iii ( tin Stain/tfni Mrmtry) i» miiiMn;: ftir that f^ntid, iirilfH.4 |in*MT\i- l*nif«Har Halaofi. ol Ttimitf iMi lin. M)tl i'r\«rrM.r ^ct.k««. nf Cmmhndf^, fof valadbte htip §• th§ MEMOIR OF PARNHAM. 508 the Master of Wimpole ! All was attention and delight in Mr. Bonfoy^s' parlour when he sung this, and the ballads of Chevy Chace, &c. He had some choice friends, at certain times, for concerts of music, afterwards at his house at Uftbrd." {Kicltoh^ viii., 378). It is not impossible that this trait in his character may have been an additional reason why he was opposed in his candidature for the Mastership ; for then it was considered not according to etiquette for a gentleman either to sing or to play ou a musical instrument. '' Pay a man to fiddle for you, but never fiddle yourself," says Lord Chesterfield ; and I myself once met with a book on etiquette which distinctly stated that if one wishes to have the reputation of a gentleman, one must never be thought to be able to play or sing ; and this book was published while Joseph Butler was Bishop of Bristol, t.«., 1738- 1750, since it mentions him as Bishop o{ that See. The extract from Cole incidentally shews that music was cultivated to a con- siderable extent at Cauibridorc at that time. The humourous song of Prior mentioned above is the following : " And now. Sir, a word to the wise is enoogh, You*U make Terj little of all joar old stuff ; And to baild at joar age. bj mjr troth, joa grow simple ! Are joQ young and rich like the Master of Wimple ?** Tlie passiige occurs in Prior's '' Down- Hall/* a ballad to the tune of '' King John and the Abbat of Canterbur}'.'' Jones pre6er>'es the following anecdote of him. '' Old &Ir. William Whiston'^ would sometimes associate at the stated meet- ings of learned and worthy clerg}'men at Stnmford (of which number the late Archdeacon Payne, Uector of Bamack, was one). Whiston in one of those conversations asserted something that surprised the company. Mr. Pamham, ^nth his usual good nature, gently took him u]>, reminding him a^ some passages in antiquity which he thought he had overlooked or forgotten. Whiston, like an honest man, readily gave up the cause, knock- ing three times imder the leaf of tlie table, Vicisti. All the company were pleased with the poor old rounds ingenuous and * An additional cxmflrmation of the invettigmtion which dcCennined Mim Bon f 07 aboTe. •* Bee page 88 «. '>()!• Al'I'KNMX. frcN* r«)nf«*Minii of hi*! iiii^uki* (»r fnrj*f*tfiiln<*iM." ( SirAoii^ liii., .'iTM, Ar.) Of rAriihaiir> rliarictcr he mM^: " Hf wa* very 4'\Ac*t and n*;;ul.ir in i\w onliT nf liiii fainilv. aiicl vrrr kimi ami t-iiiii|iaA.M(>nat«* ; l«ut at thr ^aiiu* tiiut* wry wi'm* am! Hiftrivrt in lii« ili*|Mirtiiieii( liiwunN lii!« M'r\-aiit«, who iivtti with hini, when " At tins timr Ur Mukrlrv »a» Vicar nf All .*iMBU SCABforl. AaMiuriii^Nt a M-iciitiftc M*iriatiiiii oiIlr<| iLc Hraim »«■■ S.it-if*lr ( 17.IIO . •!•.•■ ^luii'A. ('lut> ,174^ . an.! • I'lrriral |i»k '".qIj . I rjn> Ii wiiuM ■rrm )ii|;h)v prwIiaMr that Parnhani wmm a menbrr if ■npM or all ol iht-ar . liut hii nanir is n>i( mrntmnrit in thai rmimcity . an*! the )oct4mt mcb* tmiinl (if kti« liavinx i'au*r^l Wliiitiui !•! rttntrtt biuarlf wtxtng raa Karrv-f to aMii|{iie«l 111 anjliiiii); rlir iKan a np-rliii|C nf lUr I'lerical Wmtk I'ial wkick Whistnii «•■ III tlir lia^.l ff •(triii1.f.|> At ■i'liir ii^iil |ir>i)«T tti rrri>r*l :n hi flriifo i.MW iMarT." rf .*t'. I»rr , .74'i. nM Mr Wliistim iitarrvt^l i« « yr .aal lait tla« Itir latr riii|irri>r il.«r>l, wturh ^'avr a ir*""! 1"^ ^ ^*' aff«irt »( liuriffv " .Vul. VII . p 11.' I ' Krl» 1.'. i;4«;.:. Ur Wl.iBi.>rii1>in Tbrar hr sayi arr a* prrliminaryi of tbia r*^rial whirh )«-|;ui* ihr niillrnniuin. th« kin|riliim (if « hrt«l« juM the cd«S of MJUO yi fruiu crra'ii'ti iii hn arr«>unt " < Vi«; «i , |. 4'.* " Juur 1747 Mr Wl, liil-l Ul hr liAit It fr'in thr **|«akrr nf Ihr Ifnuar nf (*iiflam«ina. wKt ra ha 1 It fr<tn dialribytcti lri|;iiial lU|i«ia«al ('rtr«l.' whirh is oo oCbrr ai b4k^ l^Ml an inviti(ii»n fur ih« Ariana u* uriitr in iMr omgiigatito. and makw biai tto f«rw*n iiTer 'i m ' * /* . |* .'7 1 ' .'* Jan. I74i-A Mr Wbui^« Mabc« ii a ru> 1" waik ail niilr rvrry -l^ Mr. i«o« brr«liiif aw nig Uw AnabafAialaL •lAiB i.ari.iii/ ha» irfl ibr churth ainl !!•• umvi raiiya. ai>4 it ^j«w orrf t-i Ikt • I BM-i-lt ra Hi vaia ht «r->ir a Irtii-r !•■ ti i- Arrhhiabnp iif <*anierb«ry rrM-iil* It thftl hr haa hail ii'i anavrr " ( Wu vin 1 ) I Ari.t am a i.anif- b• c if the «oiCi^ri»malaf brf« BCAtMafti | n.a« •• -• a !vj> •^s>** a ■•! i«< ir> I-' nut II aii.,:ini; a vivai i^aartcii bai V ■I'-rrv^ifia'or* afttr-l t«i thnr faer» la vbicb tbc "ymi%m' tWy arwraily arr rTi-litil It !• rirar thai if lUrrr baa bcva any ibvchimm la&alj l2.al favr ibc l.ibt tu ibc art.ai bcrc rarahMB aglintlaH IL mifOIB or MBSBAII. ftlO found futliAil, to tbair oU age : and no doubt but be mnuded them, as thej deanred, at hia d«nth. He lived and died nniur- ried : a man of a pore and nnoonnpt life, throojih the wboto coaneof it." (Ihid.) He was a ranaibbly tall man; Cole Mj'B that he was "of the tallest statnre I ever saw.** On April 28, 1764, died Edwaid Oobden, Baotor of 88. Ansdn and Faith, in London, and of Aoton, in Uiddleaex, Ardi- deaoon of London, and Cbsi>lain in Ordinary to King George IL, before whom, on December 11, I74tj, he pre»dwd at 8t. Jamea'a bis well-known aermon from Graesis xxxix., 9, against whore- dom ; and afterwards (Norember 88, I7SS), waited <» the king at Sl James's to request leave to rerign hi* cbaplainqr. He had held since 17S1 the Frebendal Stall of Empinghan, in the Cathedral of Lincoln. (^Jbtw'f Arf/aw^ p. 288). Iha Ptebeo- dary had peculiar jurisdiction, probote of wills, adninirtrstioiif ka. The stall bad been h^ by tbv following emiitent men ; Robert OrostAte (1221). afterwards Bishop of Lineoln ; Endo de U Zouch (1388-1893), Canon of Sanun and Chancellor of Cambridge, died 1414, be was MastCT of St. John's Ho^tal^ Cambridge, and a large ln«ss, probably to him, is itill in exist- ence in St. John's College Chapel, but smnewhit mntibited and worn; Nicholas Bullingham (1549-1554), afterwards Bishop of Lincoln, and 8ubaequentty of Womwter. tbn Bisbop of LinciJn ( Dr. John Oreeo) intended to ooUate to this stmO Caleb Pamham, but the project was frustrated by his death ; in eooaeqoanc* of which Ur. Edmnnd Law, Master of St. PMer*a CoU^ Chm- bridge. Professor of Casoistry, and librarian of the Univerai^, Archdeacon of Stafibrd, and PMbendary of Lidifldd, and Beetvr of Greystoke in Cumberland, was collated to it. He hftd beeo a member of St John's College, having gradnaled B.A. in 1728a Finnlly he became Bishop of Carlisle. On the resignatioa of Dr. Law in 1769, the Stall was eonfvnwl on Willian Salisboiy, B.D. He was FelkmofSt John's (elected 1728), aadwaa one iii " the flying aqnadron.** He vacated his Felknrahip in 1758^ bL-ing then second on the list, by taking the Bectoiy of Montoa^ in Essex. He was prcacnted 1^ the Govaraon of the Charter^ bi>nsetutbe Bectoyof little Hallinfl^May, fa AeaHwooan^i both these Uvinga he held tiU fab 4irth, Jamay aO^ in6^ V< 89; he was boried at Mocatan. 511 Arrc^Mx. Tlio iici'BMiiii ortlii<« Ktnll U-iri^ <-«inr«'rnMl on I>r. I^«i rbrited tlif nroiiiiii (if rBrnliaiirN dratti. uhif*li wm ohuined br Mr. iloriii^. (hi Aii;n'">t 2.^, 1T<»4, Ik* vi*iit« ( *airil*nil^, ami wnt«B : " < Mir fri«'inl Or. I#aiw i« wi«!!. A rurp* lir|iin;jin;: tn hi« prpf«od Irll MHiii Hftf-r h«' Ha-t nilUtiNi t'l it \*r tin* lii*hi>|i. Rut taJkin^; iiiMin till* Milijii-t, I liBVf fiiiitiii that tilt* ;rain aiTmiD;; tn our lii«-ii\ tlif (Iraili «it' .irmtlMT whom I ha«i ^ng and jti^llv r«'»|Mvli'«l ; tin' li-ani«*«i anil wi>rtliv Mr. (alrb Pam- liam, Kcvliir i»t' I'tt'nnl. rir.ir SL-iintuni, whi>. aA tkir dortor InU nil', (li«-«l ao lie liail liviii. a tnilv <*liri*iian |ihiltMnpher. A nioriitiiMtiiiii M*i/«il liim at'iir an .-iri'iiii*rit.il »li|iof onr f>f lii« Irgpt iiitii a !••»;;« ;!«>iit:; in ^I'lni* li:i«lf tn iMptiM' a vhiUi in rmr fif hu ii:iri*»|i«*<» ; tli«*it;.'li al\%a_\^ \iii«iy rafrfiij nf hi* b^vllh, a« I \««'ll kiinw, tlir niortitiiMthin niMiM iiMii'iHi nidrial. He p» *mi 3ii|i^ i in mortal it % thrtw|^ ,lr«ii« i*liri-t." (.VirAo/ii. i., ii^^). Mr. Jom^a ap|kanpntJ% com- iiiiiiiii-atitl with a t'rifn>I, tin- Ui\. J'lhn M<«r;:an. nf FoChmnf»haT, A \ il!a;;r III th«' iii*i;:hlMiiirlitMHl, \«h>i unitr to him nn Noirtnbcr .1, 17(14, an f.illnw^ : ** In roin)iIi.in«v with \i»iir r«^ur«l I tiiok • riili* la«t 11iiiP«lav \t> Harnark. T\\v arr^iunt Mr. Hennrll iiif iif Mr. IVinihani wa* (n^ t.ir aik I i-an ri^tiillrci) that, mi tniH' Iwliiri' 111* ilralli li«' hail tin* nntifortiiiM* to ha%r hi» ■hfWiMar {•III nut, or lii« lolLir-lti'iif Imikrn ^I rann^it rMXillrct iihicli of thf iMii), whit'li kit* In in- Hith a ^rral ih-ai of f>atirarr. Aftar «iiiiii' tiiiM- a tiitU- lii iirf a|i|4*arni n|«in •hn* nf hi« ti«^, and fr til It a iniirtitii-.tiptn rn^inil, hIih-Ii %\.i« tlioii;;ht tii (■• ihr rai ..f lii«i ill at h . thoii^'h a U-w ila%« U-I'urr hr •it|Kan«^ hr plaiiii'^1 of a |iain in In* hn-i«(. Mr. lirnnrll %i*itrd bim rrr^ «itl«Mi 111 III* illii«-<»*. ami I In lu-vr \i a* at hi* iittu*r whm kr iird. Ill* i.iMicnt* thi- l->«- '*( *«> ^M"! a iM-i;:hbnur xerj murb. B* «at* that a* Mr. rarnliani liti^i. ••• Im- ilicil, «ix., a fuod CWii tiaii, full iif faith, fortitinli', anil rtvi^* nation In tbr will of GadL MKMOIB OF PARNHAM. 512 Mr. Rennell happened to be at Ufford one day, when there was some company visiting him, a pretty while before Mr. Pamham*s mortification appeared. He took him into his study, and told him he did not expect to live long, and therefore desired him to accept of his books, and told him he might take them away when he pleased. Mr. Rennell was very much shocked at this prelude, but Mr. Pamham was not in the least discomposed, but joined his company again with all the cheerfulness imaginable ; and a little while before his death he nominated Mr. Rennell to bury him, and specified the persons who were to be his bearers, &o., with as much serenity and unconcern as if he had only been going to sleep ; he himself was the only person unmoved in the room. Mr. Rennell says further that Mr. Pamham was a per- son of remarkable courage and resolution in his life-time, and continued so to his death ; talked of his own exit as if he had only proposed going a short journey. This is the sum and sub- stance of what I can recollect relating to this good man. Mr. Rennell was so obliging and courteous as to favour me with a sight of his library, which is the oompletest private one I ever saw, being now . much larger than when you saw it, by the addition of Mr. Pamham's books, &c* Mr. Pamham's manu- scripts and pajHjrs were burnt by his orders." {NiehoUy i., 554). This last pici'i* of information we can but regret, as probably many memoranda of great value have utterly perished. There is a bare possibility that Pamham's observations on the weather, having been digested for publication, may have escaped the flames, and bo amongst the *' books " that he left. But these were given to Mr. Rennell, not to the Rector of Bamack ; and the search will therefore be a very difficult one. Mr. Rennell'a son was Dean of Winchester, and the dean*s son was Vicar of Kensington, and a man of some mark. Mr. Jones adds : ^' I wish I could have had a fuller account of this most valuable man, whom I so greatly reelected, and with whom I had been so long acquainted. When I was last at Cambridge, a worthy person gave me some short aceoout of hit last illness, as he had received it from UfTord, or the neigfabonr- hood of that place. Amongst other particolan, he had been in- formed that Mr. Pamham, having overheard the oonsoltationa of HH 518 ArFBCDIZ. hill nurfrroriji, or at li*aAt iiuiipocting (hat ihrv jtidi^ him to be pMt thrir run*, hid thi*in In* wry ranv, antl rn*! al all cuinccmcd, fur lit* liiniM'lf wan not. Tlirii ht* wnt lor a fri«n ■rod a ii«riigiT on |iiir|M)M*, iiiiinitliaU?ly afUT hisi (ircraur, to thr Mj and SiM'irty of St. Jolin'ii, in C'amhridj*!*, whd virn* the <»f IiIk iK'nutic^*, ti) n4*quaiiit tltom with his tlr|iartiir«, Ac. friend, nut a|i|»n>hi'iidiii^ mich dan/^cr Urfitrr, f x|irnuinl hi* dcap oonci*ni. Mr. I'arnhani, on the* other hand, a|>prareii qaitr oalfli and undiHturkjiMl, and hin mind waA stpady and well prrparid. And Ih* wt-nt on n(*«i>nlinj*ly, with i;n*at njnipijiun? and doner, to ;;iT«* hi** frimd fftrthiT diriM'tii»n» rrUtinic tll an U^fiiri* iL lie diir. I^w (and whrnMn Mr. Pamham bed roncern), Inmrj; n'fuMnl a n-newal of hin lemai* u|«>o hit ap|Miint4^i thf I'rinct* of Wales our prment Suvrrrij^ ((ft IV.), t4> l»o line of the lives* includeil in llie Irane, whcfi be nenli^ t«i the trrniA pro|Miiieci, Mvm^ : ** I will Duninalr whom tiie do^ nhall bo obliged to pray in the day -time, wii him dead at nij^ht.'* N« it withstanding; Pamhanrn care that the CbUe|^ have imnitiliaie nutici' of iii«* va«*anr% in the liiing, they liMt till- m-xt prrbert Itobiniuin, the Senior ai\ii'pt4Hl rtftird on July '>, and in CVtober moked bi« Linre. Murh dispute anvm* aft to hin power to do lo, and hm Ff lliiw«htp, ami h'pj proc^N^iin^ werv rxpertfJ. Tlie Kvn|g lap^^i to till- Mtfthop Iff iVterboniof^h (Ro(«-rt I^aabe, •tvrat4t! July ^, 17('»4), who teeniii tu have coo«enled to tlie (Villep? nouiineis and on Februar}- 18, 17l»5, they mend««l Stuart (running* FflKiw, wbo waa acc^iffdingly inalit Cutiftiderir;* tkie »nial]neiM of the nisbop'ii petroiiaiee at tbet til it mif^bt ba%e U^*n reaaunaMj thoogbt that be wottid sol hia n|;ht ut' Imyrnc in thia caae. ItBlIOtR OP PARHHAM. ftli The following obituary notice of Famhim oooarrad in ths Cambridge ChvmeU, May 19, 1764: — "A few dayi tiga diod the Rev. Kr. Pamham, M.A., Rector of Ufford, in the county of Northampton, which living it in the gifl of the MaBter and Fellows of St. John's College, in this Univertity. To attompt a jnat character of this Gentleman is a task beyond our ondcif yours ; BufGce it to say, that his name, abilitiei, and virtues, will be remember'd, respected and honoured by all who had tho pleazure of his acqunintanco. His parish have lost a tnont fnitli- ful Pastor ; and the poor have the more reaaon to lament hii death, to whom he wan a kind and genorotu benefactor." He was buried in the chancel of Ufford Church, on the north side, not far from the altar, and the following ioaoription is tliero to his memory : — HERE UBTB THE Kouaat or Caleb Pabrbam Clkiix (B.D.) Hb was t* tbibd Rbctor op THIS PaBISH. raCSEHTKD Wl Sadtt Johs'b Oollmk III CAMBBIDGR Hk TSiorro tbu Bicran NEAB 27 TKABS. AMD DIED LAHCTTED BT BIB PaUBB'oVBB US TBz 11' Dat or Mat 17M, n TBI ScrcncBTB t^ui ot HIS AOE. An mimyt )M« lens wmim to tnm db "tt" tf^'UtA." 515 AmorpoL need be ftddad to the abcm tztneli to aWw tfat Gftleb Purnham wmt a num of moil amiahh aad •: oharactor, and in attainmaoto was **good all roand;** aad ha waa an ornament to hii CoUeipe aad hia tima. Il is to boped thai hit name will now emorga ttom the obltTkMi which it hai so nndetenredlj (alien* Il maj* pghapti ba irreleTant to mention that it was meralj the cimmMtonoa in the allnsiont to ^' Mr. Parnham of USbcd,** I reeogniefJ, in the name of the place, one of the 8t John's College Liraifs in the looalitj in which the oorrespondenee contained in this tohann was to a considerable extant written; and, coosiderinfC that at tlyU period scaroelj anj one bat the dsrgj followed sdeatlSa porsnits, it might fSurlj be snrmised that he was Rector af USbrd, and if so, had been Fellow of St John's. The tnqniiy led to the information, the rssoH of which is the prtssnt i.."\j- INDEX OF NAMES. (ThB letlei « tita the ni 1, 826, SK n. Acbunir, 8ur, 421 «. AchiUet, 172. Adftir, JohD, 489. Adusi, John, 24 ; Hn., 67, 109 ; Pro- (eanr, 423 ■, 444 *. AddcDbrook, Dr. J., 32, 23 ». AddiKD, JoKph, 116, 148 n, 307. Aelianiu, 17S. AcDcia, 179. AcMjl, 846. Aetfaelitui, 473. AgriooU. 118, 342, 343 n. Agripp^SOS. Agrippinft, 467. AiKj, Sir Qtarjt, 422 a. 4S2 m. Akermmii, J. T.. 830 r. AlbenuHe, Dnke, 126 a. Alblniu, the elder, 233 ■. Albireo. Mv, 488, 484. Aldebwui. tUi, 447. Aldrorandiu, mjwutt, 178, 173 «, 174 ; Ttaeo, 178 n. Aleiuider, Smpenr, 183 ; IL, Pope, 377, Alktrid, King. 891. AllectDt, Kniparor, 106, 436 ■, 473. Allan. Rilpfa, 88 ■; Un., S3; Mi.. 128. AllLi. Di, 160. AItU, Aodnw, 601. AmbMti. 846. Ambechu-beer, 347. Ambler. Joehna, 8> ■, lU ; Willimm, 6<<.t«t«. AmmUaiu II«rc«lllnna, 863. Amplefi^ John, 18 »; Hn^ IV, 19 a, 38, 141. Peregnne, Doke, 9, H6, 106, 109, 133, leo, 236, S66 ; Babort, 66 ; DnehaM, 113. Ands, 844, 344 n. Andenon, Ber. J*isea, 133, 182 «, 2eL Angle*, 217 «. Angna, S*rl, 866 «. Anne, Qoeen, 38, S2, 60, », 74 «, 108 >, 110 m. Ill m, 148 «, 166 >. AnODjinit* BATennaa, 344, 844 >. Anaon, Adminl, 339, 390. Anatia, John, 136, 170. AdiUJ, Dr., 487. ADtainB, 8B6. Antinona, CouL, 430 a, Ul «. AnUmine Itlii«nl7, 318. AntODinni. 303 a; Pioa. 864, 478 i Aiwenlacoa, 47E. AnliMiM,8M. ApaUea, 296, 864. Apollo, 396. ApolloDJoa ^auana, 86. Aquriua. CouaL, 420 ■. 421 a. Aqnlla, Conat, 420 a. Aqniuni. 346. Antoa. 448, 449. Aibatluiat. Dr., 77. M, 94 a. Artaidiaa, Enpuoc, oolii, 4T4, 48)1 ARba. Milaa, 601. Aictsrea. Cooat., iU, 447. ArgobHtta. 4<1, 40, 461 a. Aigjle, Jobn, DbU, TS, TS a, TT, 881. IM>EX or MAMB :tM> Amali. Kc . 4A. Araf^ Kc*. (bn., 3TT. Anhur. ITlDCc, IM. Arunilrl. Karl. M ■. !?■ a. AaoHigh. Mr.. 14 : JaiBf, 4< Aatwnhont, t>r,. 3'i. to. AilituB, Mr, 1 13. Attmlat, 2ta. Aiwrlurr. Bwbop. lUl ■, IIV ■, ilt Aiiv.nJ. in a. Aaboa. Huud. Ill ». Autmr. John. 13H a. Aa(v«u>. EnpCTur. IM, lUJ.SxT.a >*«. 43», «e«. 4 WilhalB, 4->> tIklMD. l>r . 4C HaJMM. ^'uracliHi, Hi llaMwii. Wr, :2a Hall. I't.L:if. ;. HV HI llalt.iB'.rf. ImrI. 4 a ItaJuiitii, lKl*p4ra llalaH i. iX. ■ lUtif I, Kiali'i)' k''lck J. AMI ■ ilUjB-.4.-4 a. Ilanbca. Hr nj. ■». Hra.. STC. . Harirt. Ur.Ktarn Hafwl' TA ttarrincti.D, Hun I>aiBta, i'.t ■ Hanu* In.U. W US Iten-o. Hubup 4i>t, «i>: , CalbanM, 4;S a. HMa*!, 311. Mi a. f - Tir t)i Jflka. 111. lU * llu^ VlH U> HMb Karl. AH a Raltiunt 'I<'nl>i l.'o HaTBiia. Z.t€%at. S» a. ItaiMr MvlUmm. «I. U a. M. <: Tl. •li, K a. M, 1«. IbckHtf. R •, Ilajct. 4M 44*. «M ! »at. H [I. I»T. is; > . I Waiiaa. »i\ a. lUjUi. hir lb.lMI. m. f>T llcal>r Mr iicntsc fUKKir. U* j Ileal. l>r.M, U.44. IWaur..M Hr Joba, ISi, lU » ' IWk. !»■ JlrrkH W:,t*.ll« n.«ai4. liW ■ i:i iiplr. Vtncrarlr. n IM »U 111 ^ U4 Hfllurd irahc ri, Wt . l>t.4ICL Itavt, 4» a. Htft H.iiKt«f. M lWl.r. .^r'-™. »'. ♦! •■ ■Mff«. 41. lU, A»», "«, »4- HrLTKr W.'Eaai T II 14. ri lirl Ikaaix. ■«&€.*■■. Jaar. i^ " • srr ;:■. i- iw. .•>< Ki 4:: ■ 4'- »:,' • t«i. ««.■. ««3 •. >. ur. UK a. tu.s INDEX OF NAMBS. 518 Bernard, John, 601, 602; Alderman, 272. Bemardini, 286. Bemey, John, 38. Berry, Richard, 489. Bertie, Captain Charles, 1, 1 «s 18 «s 28, 80, 119, 148, 274 ; Philip, 182. Bertram, Mr., 66, 80, 892. Betenaon, Sir Richard, 99 » ; Laoretia, 99 m. Betts,436». Bibra, Von, 464 n, BiUers, John, 489, 490. Bird, Mr., 69 ; WUUam, 112, 112 n, 11811. Birt, Mr., 474. BlackweU, Mr., 1 ; Thomas, 276, 276 m, 291. Bladad, King, 387. Blair, Dr. Patrick, 181, 287, 238 ». Blechjndjn, family, 8, 8 ». Blesset, Mrs^ 6 n. Blind Harry, 866. Blomefield, ReT. Franda, 276 «i, 893, 893 a. Blore, Historian of Rutland, 486, 494, 495, 496. Blow, Dr., 1 12 ». Bochart, Samael, 461. Bodinos, a French author, 861. Boerhare, Herman, 121 », 197 «, 230, 233 n, 267, 267 », 258, 258 ». Boitard, 132. Bollingbroke, Heniy, 155. Bonfoy, Nicholas, 506 ; Elisabeth, 606, 608,508 m. Bonosios, 475. Bordeaux, Archbishop of, Pope Cle- ment V^ 876. Bosrile, Thomas, 604. Boswell, James, 821 «. Bowles, Mr., 149. Bowyer, William, 287 m, 821 m, 602. Boyle, Robert, 128, 883 «. Rose, Monsieur de, 82, 83, 84. Braoegirdle, Mrs., 99. Brachellius, 876. Bradford, Saml., Bishop of Boebester, 94,94 m; William, 94 m. Bradley, Professor, 98 n ; Doctor, 420. 420 «, 421 m, 422 m, 424. Bradshaw, Mrs. Lucretia, 99 n, Brady, Dr., 477. Brampton, Mr., 16. Brand, John, 20, 142, 142 m, 144. Breakneck, Mr., 81, 84, 86, 144, 144 m. Bridges, family, 466 ; John, 77, 166 m. 169, 196, 199. Brigantes, 854. Brigantia, 488. Briggs, Dr. Uenzy, 119, 119 m; WH- liam, 119 m. Bringhnrst, ReT., 110. Bristol, Bishop of (Bntier), 410, 608. Britons, 244, 818, 842, 848, 845, 858, 858 m, 854. Brittany, John, Duke, 877. Brome, Mr., 205 m ; Edward, 489. Brook, Lord, 182. Brooke, PhiUp, 491. Brooks, Mr., 870. Broughton, Thomas, 504; ReT., 114. Brown, Dr. William, hospital of, 226 ; Sir Thomas, 6, 96, 96 m. Browne, Jemmet, Bpi of Killaloe, 505. Broxholm, Dr. Noel, 46, 46 m, 81, 96 ; William, 501. Bmoe, Sir Michael, 862. Brudenell, George, 166 m ; James, 871. Bryan, Mr^ 282. Buchanan, Mr., 889, 868, 854, 856 ; George, 816, 816 m. Buckingham, Duke, 8 m, 95 ; Duchess, 182. BuU, Constel., 440. Bullen, Frances, 8 m, 5, 49 ; Robert, 8 m, 6, 6, 18, 86, 118 ; Robot, Junr., 19 ; Anna, 28, 85 m, 49, 121, 122. Bnllinger, 180 m. Bullingham, Nicholas, Bishop of Lin- coln, 510. Bunbuiy. Sir WUUam, 486. Bnrehardt, 420 m. Burgundy, Duke, 65 m. Bnrfc, Mr., 45, 144. Burke, 8ir Bernard, 606 m. Burleigh. Lord, 92, 98, 119, 166, 871, 496,609 m. 519 INDKX or VAMWL BurliDfrton (Ixml?) liM. Burnft. Biahii|i. 149 a, 3«M, 2<9 . l>r., €1 m. Bainrj. Dr.. Ili «. Barrel. Mr.. 86M. 370. 393 . K#«lm*fi, 3«>. 3:m, .179. .IMi. .IMA. 39.*. :i'Jl Buauui^h. June*. lU. Bvruin. He v. (Smirirr. 3 7 J, 3ni». 3H1 •, SM3, SM6. 3M7. 39-.'. 39H. 399. 4ii.l. 4«»4. 4p of BnaU)l, 54M. Mr. 13 ft4. 107. ButU, Kobrrt, Buhop of Ely. hi. «! «, 119. 134 ; BiBhiip iif Niirwirh. f\ n Biubj. I>r . 101 m. Bjnir. Sir OeiirKr. AM, 6n « . Julin. Admiral. 6m •. C ('ACl-ll. 157. C^MAT. Julina. 64 u. 73. 79. I6.>. 179. 196. 344. 3711. 379 m. 349. 471. CalamiB. 69 • CalcdoDiana. 343. 345 CaJparaioa, Afneola, IMO. C'aadctt. Mr.. ¥* «. 131. \2* 175. lAO, l«n. 3*3 «. 3K3 ■ 339. 457. 475 Oaaiaa. Krmncia Juarph dc. 439 m Tanorr. I'unalfl 436 ('anu» c*iin. 474 CanUtUii?. Arrb(iiah«>p(Parkcr 4.VV i Wakr) 316 ■ .VI9 ■ . ( MiU.i; :«i» Canr F.«laun>l. 63 (.■lilt i .If. air 1 4 4'.i. i'^i 4*a(iri:a. Mar 435. 440. i'a{-«Uiltn«i 36.1 (*a|i|cl M"iiiicur. W n ('a|«imrii (*«.nal«! 4.M n. 446 CaraaaiM Rmi^rtir. ni. mii ■. «>. M. M, ft5. (•:. M, 89. 343. ft^. 315, 403, I HH. 405. 407. ictfi. 410, 4«D. 4«D a^ 467. 473, 475, 479, 4A9 a. 4*1^ «M. 4A5 'arlaiaua. Jrf«>OM (\, 173, 173 a. 'artlifan Earl. 166. IM a SC7. Kl. arrr, Mr S'lrhtilait. 1S3 . Kar Mafl -ni. 4«l a Vlitlr. U.nl. 361 . Lav. 510 'arI'M K J 4.«i a. armj, Mr . **.' 'arr. rh'*mM 119. Mr.. 144 artrr. Mr. 311 'artrrct, I^>r«l. J-iha 74. 333. 333 • , (i«s rirr XM m. 477 'arvil.ui I Karl f'nnbrikr>. 367. 'aaautam Imm- 34* *aMini, Jamr^ 60. 6iJ a . Ui K^ta . 'tfi «. 439 a aMiopvia. raoMfrl .447. 'aairll. Mr. 64 a *a(hcnn«. gufwa 154 'allin r..hb. 4. '5 CaiCrraJ. Th-iaiaa. 7.'. 75. 96 'atullua 359 *av. K"(«>rt 36M ■ 'ajirj. Kichanl. 501. 504 . Mr, Viaiua. Andrrw, 439 a. >\l». .«|H. 341. 345. 331 haJlia. PnifiMur. 444 a tiambfrlaiD IH . 133 hmmi>.gr.y. M«kff. 31^.391. -hapfrU.* Ui«ari. 490. 300. IM. Sift < harir. I Kin« 4. 70 a. 96. 191 ■. i:-. .. .*:7 5«i9a. IL. 4. 94. ft5 a^ '.*« 13* «. I.VOa. 337 a. 654. < har'.rti. [»r . 131 ■ ( ^lar'l.ii Mr »9 135 i l.a«c I*r t.; i hat Lam. Bar« (JoIib O 7Ja CiH-r^Hi. M.iatfar ipaiaicr), UI ( Lrrr^ rraaria, 109 a |-bc«r!.|r« Mr. 46, »4. 94 a. iliart«fftct4. L«««l ISB M« I'^ifagfif BiakaaflAkak 4IIl Ua)EX OF XikMES. 520 Child, Richard, 406 ; Mr^ 28, 145. Chosroes, 457. Chrichio, Mr., 92. Chriatian, Charles (engrarer), 181. Christina, medal, 464. Church, Elisabeth, 182 n, Chyndonaz (Stukeley), 89, 8(>6, 409. Cicero, 70, 210, 848, 849, 448, 460. Cirencester, Richard of, 56 », 80. Clairant, Alexis C, 420 n, 489 «, 443, 444. Clapham, Sir Christopher, 8 n. Clark, Mrs., 116; Mr., 82, 116 » ; Peter, 498. 601, 502, 503 ; Ralph, 116; Rer. Samael, 103, 103 «i ; Wil- liam. 502, 508 ; Miss, 93. Clarke, Dr., 127 f» ; A. R., 439 n; Ber. Jos., 215 ; William, 490. Olaadius, 341, 897, 467 ; Oothicos, 474. Claadianus, poet, 844. Clayton, Nathaniel, 501. Clement V., Pope, 376. Clements, Frances, 6 n. Cleopatra. 246. Clerk, Sir John, 171, 176, 177, 183, 185 n, 197, 218, 213 n. 230, 247, 255, 259, 260 N, 262, 263, 265. 268, 276, 305, 307, 817, 389, 4.34, 437, 458, 470. Clifford, Rosamond, 813, 314, 314 n; Roger do, 814 f». Clonfert, Bishop (Gore), 506. Cloyne. Bishop (Johnson). 506. Clarerios. 345, 846. 847, 350, 851. Coats, 807. Cobden, Rer. Edward, 510, 518. Cockbam, Dr.. 280, 359. Cod. Brit. King. 283. Cohen, 467 m, 468 m. 480 m. Coke, Sir Edward, 148; John, 147, 148. Cole. Dr. William. 96, 96 «, 98, 499. 500, 507, 608, 510. Coleby. Dr., 46, 96. Colecharch, Peter of, 72 «. Coleman, Mr.. 12. Coleraine. Lord. 78, 208, 241. 807. Colet, Dr., 832 n. CoUingwood, Mrs., 11. CoUins, Blr., 62, 121, 271, 802, 826, 886, 468, 469, 470, 471 ; Anthony, 274, 274 a. CoUinson, Mr., 400 ; Peter, 83. Colson, Mr. and Mrs., 811. Colnmbos, 310 «. Columella, 426 n. Combe. Benet, 601. Comber, Dr., 222. Comet, 438, 483 n, 484, 486, 436 «s 440, 444, 445, 609 n. Compton. Mr., Speaker, 78. Condnit. John, 58, 424, 426 n. Coney, Hadley, 19. Coningsby, Lord, 156; Sir Thomas, 155. Conmer, Mr., 82. Constans, coin of. 476, 477. Constantine, Great, 152, 177, 242, 245. 283, 284, 285, 286 «, 286, 287, 288; Vision, 461, 461 «, 477; Janior. 477. Constantias Chloms, 283, 284, 8S6, 475. 478. Conyent, Richard, 806 n ; Jane, 806 n. Cook, Mr., 119. 276 ; Captain, 461 «. Cooke, Mr., 371. Cookson, Mr., 152. Cooper. Mr., 48, 366 ; Hellerah, senior wrangler, 488. Copley, Sir Godfr^, 826, 88a Cor Soorpii, Star, 447, 449. Corbet. Sir Robert, 297. Cotes, Professor., 41. CottoTicQS, 232. Cotton, Fasti of, 606. Cotys, name of Kings of Fhuioe, 294 ; Goddess, 463. Cowdrii*. Richard, 62 ». Cowley, Abraham, poet, 80. Cradock, John, 601. Cran^. Coostel., 421 «. Crask, Dr., 22, 36. CrmTen. Samuel, 41. Creckingfaam, float of ama, 216, 216 «. Cr«ed, Mrs.. 801. 888, MO; MmCct, 866; Captain, 881. Creyk, Mr., 406. Sfl DTDBC or KUtm Cliifu, enlB al. ITS. Cnanll. (Minr. II o^ (T. tT •. Cm*l«Hl.JohD.I.Sa,l)li llaM*. 1, 1 ■. 4, in . Sv JonkM, S, 4 a. CnuM, UuHlcnr da H •. cr>w«, a.fiibt^-i itr >it a, iM, a3Na,»H> J..nl..r.JU: UUUrlM. Ilia^ BcBJamlQ. ««!l. ChmUwL AbbrK of. C4 ■. lit. XMm, BaliBiln. Ml HM. BM^ard, Biabufi al PMcrbunack, It, SI a. 3U1 : »ak(. m •, «). CmoubcliB. tSW. t71 Carll. KdmaDd. 97. IT a. Com, Xir Curj. 3 ■ . Hadlta, »T. CbUci. Vaamfete t>r , n> a. Cn«. (II a; Mr., Dtamj. ■•*. 0(, n M •7. M, IM. lO. lU a. U-Ana, CuBBi. U a. Dafc;. Bi> Ooaran, O*. m a D«*f7.Jan>b. Ill Umd. rwlBi al. Hi «■ Danlli. WiUiaa. MM. [lanw, U>afd. •». Datia.Cafaala.IM; Dr.. ■!!. Daakiaa. (I«imi«. Wt. 4fa Daj.WiUua. IL DaklsMlhBada^aia Dalm HHfimtr}. Itt JMMUaa,«eta,4Tt, «TT. D«b)— .Dr-*! DnMft. Awa of. Ill ; PttaM Oaa«|a. M « ; Ktmg at , tD a. " — *— Uaffiaa. ITI. Dqiar. Mr, «>. Dsfbr, fafi, lar. UT a. Tiar^a^ kx.'W-aiiaa.,UT.UT%tt4. IWt; Bukap «/.«■. Ow^altan Dr. TWapkilML II. 41 « tt.tlt. DhmiIM MS a. OuMM, «. « a, «M a. MS. DkbM !>•■ rMM^ ISt. Di«a,D<*.M>l. DU QAft, nt. betea. frUltaM, IH, lU a. Dodrn. Uekaf«. Ml tT. 44. lU ■«« 144 Mn.. L Oo(. Onat. OttaL **l a. iMa. I>T., Bikhapat f I>^g. !>!> IhBaa. IM ; Ur. IM. Da la Uaada. Su TbaaM 4M- IWaMra. Mr . NT. a,LMd,l4. [>r«*T«, lam.!*; lakvt.lB INDEX OF NAMS8. 588 Do Chesne, Andrew, 243, 245. Da Hamel, 471. Duke, Thomas, 119. Dumbarton, Lord, 66. Dnmferling, Lord, 819. Dancomb, Mr., 3 «, 11. Dankeld, BUhop of (Doaglas), 356 n. Durham, Dean of, 304, 364; Bishop of (Lightfoot), 498. Dyer, Mr., 119, 821. E Eaole, Constel., 421. Eaglefield, Sir H., 442 n, Eaton, Dr^ 74. Eayre, Thomas (bellfounder), 368, 368 n ; Joseph, 368. Edgar, coin, 479. Edmand Ironside, 3o6 ; Coin, 479. Sdmondson, William, 490, 498. 601, 504. EdonidsB, priestesses, 463. Edward, Confessor, coin, 479 ; L, 218, 355, 494 ; IIL, 374 ; IV., 66 a, 472 a; v., 218 ; VL, 154, 494. Edwards, Mr., 130 ; Coancillor, 261. Effingham, Earl (Thomas), 329 n; Countess, 329, 329 a. Egyptians, 242. Elisabeth, Queen, 112 a, 154,204,244, 246, 246 a, 277, 454 a. EUis, Sir John, 24, 24 a, 44. Ellys, Sir Richard, 54, 87, 127, 299. ElweU, Sir John, 131. Ely, Bishop (Turner), 4S8. Empson, John, senior wrangler, 488. Encke, 420 a. 436 a, 451 a. English, Philip, 13. Epicurus, 257 a, Erasmus, 332 a. Eratosthenes, 449, 450. Eridanus, Constel., 421 a. Erpingham, Sir Thomas, 136. Essex, Earl, 61 a. Eturians,241. Etruscans, 240. Eudemon, 426, 427. ooin, 481, 462, 462 a. Enmenes, 177. Eumenius, 284, 285, 287. Ensebioa, 285, 461. Erans, Mr., 1 n ; John, F.R.8., 897 a. Exeter, Lord, 14, 135, 166, 167, 273, 276, 279, 392, 495 ; Brownlow, 495, 496, 497 ; Lady, 93, 338. Exsoperius, Bishop of Toulouse, 54, 226. Eyre, BeT. Mr., 865. Pabrrti, 171, 172. Pabricina, Johann A., 225 a, 2S8, 288 a, 432 a, 461 ; George, 241. Fairfax, Mr., 297. Faustina, the younger, medal, 458, 458 a. Fawcett, Bct. Thomas, 20, 20 a, 21, 25, 39, 50, 60 a, 148, 144, 145. Fenelon, Archbishop, 184, 184 a. Ferns, Bishop of (Stone), 505 (Downes), 606. Festns (grammarian), 179, 349. Fetherstonehaugh, Henry, 490. Ffucks, William. M.P., 279. Field, Mr., 498. Finch, Sir Moyle, 60 a ; Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, 60 a. Fincham, Mr., 146. Fish, Cootteln 421 a ; Doctor, 18 a, 143, 148. Fisher, Bct. John, 104. Fits-Gilbert, Biebaid, 476 ; Boheaia, 476. FiU-Johu, Richard, 169 a ; Adam, 169 a. Flamstead, Bct. Mr., 63, 63 a, 426. 450. Fleetwood, William, Bishop, 160 a. neming, Richard, 88, 84, 98 ; Mib., 84. Fletcher, Mr., Sll ; Thomas (Bishop of DrocDOfcX '^^ Flete, faodly, 2, 80. Fliteroft, Mr., €7. Flora, atatae, 868, 891 ; Temple of, 8tt,8M. 523 INIIKZ i»r KAM] Floria, Fnuirio, 100. rnfrg. John. A01.SO2. Folkm. Umnin. W<. 9rt •. Wl «. 114. 19fi. S17. ?34. 331). 33f>, 33« «. SM, 37(1. 379, 4M ■, 470, 471 ; the jounirrr. 99 • Kuntcnflir. Hrrnvil dr. Vt\. KcMiCe. Ibpv JfihD. Hi. H3. HI. Kf , m;. Kiinftrr. Thumaa. 4«; ; Pr Jaomii. 274 •. Mr. 3«). Fiirtonc, 0l. 400 «. 47** Fiiurairr. I'etcr !< 2"j Foi. hUlr, r«mitrl . 434. Fr«noe. KinR of, ?ri*. FrmnoA. I.. 306 • . l*hiUp, L'Vj «. Frnnciac*n«. 3IA ■. Frank. John 3U « . Jane. 3i'>a n Frankland, T.. M.P. '.'-K. Frederick. ASH. Franaham. of Frmnahan. 374. Freckingham. Ck«i uf araa. 215. Frrvlnve. Mr.9M Frtvtnan. Hcv A.. 4.«i a. Fmnd, I»f . «i, 74. 77. lOU. H« ■. l"l. 132 Krrnch. Ihe, 34€ FronandnA. 44V Fulfenlioa. 119 Fulwoud, l>r William. 4«. 96. 96 • U (iAlWIIBiiBiil'GN. 4'uunU«a. 117. lialr. Thcmaa* (tean wf York u:;. 93, 9*. ••: \:f' R*>*rr. :u .. 5: m. v.. « c:. ;.i 7: an n: •.•2. 122 !-•«. I.I.*. n.* ■ 149. 149 ■ 1»2 IM ■ IfiV • 170. 1:1 I7C. 177. 1M3. i"« i«^. «. -2i>i. yi. 20:. :i3. 314. si&«. :V». 229. 230. 3.T2. 233. 23A. 73«. 247. ?W, 3«4. >.:. 2»>. 271. 372. 3?i. 279. 2iil.2M .••• ?««9. rjO. 2911 a. 391. TVJ. 3M. 396. aOO.aOS. 304. iUft. 306. 307. 30A. 309. 311. 313 a. 314. JBI. 335. 337. 339. 336 339. U7. 3Sa. 361. VIS, 366 a. 407. 4fi9. 434. 4^ 636^ 459. 4&9 a. 4«0. 461. 44^ 467. 469. 470. 471 : NamMl. M a. 149. lU, 167. 167 a. IM. 191. 194. 197. 906. 7*m, 336. 333. 336. 961. r64. r6, 379 a. VO, 396. 996 399. »0 301. 9116. 306. 307. »M. 311. 313. 319, 33». 334. 337. 33^. 3J6. 363. 366, 363. 346. 367. 37ci 37 1. 373. 373, 979. »l. »2. 33A. 3*9. 390. 3N. 44 a . Ibpv. 4*harlta. 3U4. >U Ju6. 306 t^ 3ii7. ('«ir«Srlia. wife of f :9Mi, ftJ6 a . Kofer. ana of ( 30r.. J06 a. 907. 9(iJ a. 39? , •tin of CbarlcaL 383. 333 a llrarj. mm of Rofrr. 191. 339. f?^ 279. 2MI. 3119. 390. »». 311. 313 ^ 3J1 a. 3311 «. 460. William iiiimb of ILjgmr. 363. 373. 393. 469 . Mmj, 3r.3. Cape C-harlaa. 363 . Mm^au. 3A6. 410. John, of Maahaa. 96^ 363 a ' lja!enaa. Maiimianaa. Kmprror. 933^ > (iaiffBToa. 184 ' (ialilco. 430 ■ 433 a (Salle, I>r.. 444 a (fallirtiat. ooia 477. 4*3 . liandy. !UUm,41i(,60s; Ur., $i ; Ctittlw, 11.P., 39S, 397 ■. Oreatb«d, Dr., 91. Gre«ve», Ur., 117. Oreekj, 353, 437. Oreen, Dr., 11, 96, 106, 318; Jobn, 601, 602, 610; Blihop of Norwich, 91, M N, 187. Ofeeoe, Hotnw, 11 •, 81, 81 a. Oroenwlch, BmI, 78 «. Oreeowood, Dr., 41. tire>hui. Sir Thomu, 89 ■, 246, 346 k. Qnj, Dr. Z«cbM7, US b, SSI, 831 », S33, S97 a, 198, SOa □rifflii, ySr., 339. Otindftl. Aichbiibop, 119 1*. OnmoTiai, Abnhmm, 69, IM, SIS, 813, BW. Ui^wtfto, Bobst, 610; BIAop of Ub> Odin, BIO. Omtlni, 161, 440. Onniiing, Bar. Btoait, BIS. Owil^ Ur^ 64 •>. QjiHt, brother ol Harold, 478. HAACDSt>ni1j,476,47e. Hai^'irooia.'eTent^n, 312. Haddoir^ror, 213, 8M. HbIo, Hiehird. 1K»: Dr., 132. H*1a^ Bir Uabert, 19 ■; Stephen, 21, 21 ■, 21, 39, 49, 19 a, 76, 138, 821 ; ot Kent, 8 ; Capt. Jobn, 98, 131 ; Lord Chief Jutloe, 8 ■. Halifu, Lord, 1G3 a. Hall, Hr., 98 ; C^Min, 276. Halter, Atbett Ton, 288 a. Hall >, IM. »4. ■. Ililbw. Mi. II) ■. I Hint. Hr*. t>i. WUIua. 4AI «. ! IhlrlK*. Mi. M. I llMckinbrO^ Lard «. I ILttdlfy. Rwhn|i, S» a. in a. I iliit«it, Mr. II: Bdaaad. IIS •: r, J. H. (pwnUr], lU a. Halcanubl, I>r, 13 a. HrkrfBKbl, (3 >. Hrleaa. Inproa. tU. Utll. Fatbcr. 432 a. Htsmcfatil. Mr, 410. Ilcnawt, Hir Tht>aiu.aOa : lluabrth. 60 a ; Earl of Wiachmimt. 19, U. W, Tl, TI, II, II, J». M. IR, 131, 151 a, lU. IlMgUt,M4 a. Il«i7 L, XT* i OotB, 4M a : It.. 314 a. Mt; IV., lU : IV. of moor. t»i V.of kBCtaBd,tM; VL.4H; VIL, ISa a; VIIL, 111, IM. Ml, >!•, t44. 4M. 4M, Bapban. Mr,, ••. Joba. W a llarK^HJ, nir WiUim^ 411 a, 41T a, 4M a, 4)0 a, 444 a, 4U a. HtftU. fodJMi. S4m Mf . n«rli«< UnL *1. «k II. Tl T*. T«, tn>. lit. m.Ni. tlMod. HI, KM. il^r^ia*. IM. ntHlla*,J>b>,tT*.41»a. Hibtuaa, Hank, IK. HL«k«.Or M«.TT4a.M4.Ul.U«. a.ia& k.llla nobaoB.itahni.xin i ^>T *>* ]..kr 1 a, Wi^ha^ I a. ll'>lf*H> Jura. riLli . (» a lioffanh, WiUiaa, Ci> a. I m a. Il.>llirra, llaoa, IJI, IM lloldca. Hct. RicUnl. 4M. ItsltiBf*. I>r, 114, 131 a. IIoIbkb, Omirga. 104, ItS. Ill a, IM, IW. «, ITl. ■ i,«iM,tT^Tr4>.ai, 44«, HoDona*. OHB, 4TC Hook, Hi^ II a. Kaokc. lotet. tT. PT «. M3. Mt •. llonwc.TI. M. loa, IT], ITT. IM, IMk l»I, Ml. SS*. MO, Mt >. Ml. ML tx*. no; m. in, m, MO a. Ml. »)i,a3a,ni,B»,i«tM»,in«. 3IW,4IT. I4lt,44«. H !■>■■«, Uvwd. I«T. £«>i*r Jafto, n a. HI, Ml M^ J *.jrT 4li.Ml.4a Oilua^lM. «•« >aa JMt^M*. K«>w.H«»ad 4i Ilima, <.^atia>. Ml Hof«a.aU.4l.4I.M. Ilabta. 1ST Habba(4, Dr,ffl. ^ Mr. (Uhr IWa Hako, Wllttaa (Mgimr), Mi IM. HmU*. Mr Oa>n. 1 111, til. HildtfaTHd. t40. Bill. Dr^4r; " "* Dt.Mam- DID8Z OF MAMXS. 526 HonkiD, Dt^ 43. Hum;, Oeorge, Ml. Halchiiuon, Blihop of EilUlA, 605, S06. HdMod, Hstthcw, Archbfdulp, 84 «. S33,»83i^ Haygeiu, Chrl>tlaa, 68, S3 , 430, 480 «, 431 «, 482, 441, 444 «, 446. Jniin, Dr. JaoMt, ll<^ 110 «, 284, Jnnna], 1ST, S09, MO >s 1*2. Ebll, Dr., 41, 61, 61 n, 110 ■. KcUal, Bar. Edward, 12, 14, 41, 49, 161, 224 a. Kemp, Mr., 61. Eenmoce, Bobtit, 128. Eetitiedj, Jauta, si «, SB •; Di. John, SO, 80 «, 81, 87, BS, 816, 40A, 400. 461. Ecnnet, Ber. Baall, 240t MOa. Eeajoo, Bo(er, 489. Kepler, John, 419 a. K^ler, 82 a. Kidnao, B«*. Charlea, M^ 89 a. Eillala, Biabop nf (HMoUnrai), 606^ EiUaloe, Biabop i>.MM. Laalcrt. RuWrVllW, 499; Hr.UBd' lord of rouulbtann, IS3. LmkiII. Hn. Hr. IM. Lutfuca. noBMk 4K9. Loot. T. <«i(nnr>. J( ■. lABtnnr, nnMapkd Ml. L« riK*. rcM K.. 4n •. Lkum«, Uit4, 11. U*. UbidiI, Biibop at CWIwlc, SI0.»II.6IJ. Uvimer. Kir Uwwi). UC; Bdml, 4j:.4S; ■.431, IC^. Lr Rluad. Ill ■.«*«, TknM. 4X9. 490. U CIcrcJcu, 1», 199 a IM. Hr. Ha. CWumI, lUa. Udr U*kf, K»twn. Ul. t.( riwc(|iuntcrl. ISl. Ufmnn ()iuBM). aw. Uiboiu, IIQ*. UUhI. 119. IM. tM •; Dr. Jokk. irta. Ulf. Kw r*t«. •4. fT ■. 111. Lt H«ii«. STC LMkMsUMr IV- *'- *• ■ l^nnwr. 13 a, It ■. I.r*u. Ik-Lwllrf. l>r If^kB. Sit Kicbard, 1 1 • ijl>f«.I'.aulr:.4;: 441. 441 ■ Urbfirl.1. Kul. IM • Hilkip «!. r.T. I»l Ijcitiiai. Evirnir, oiia. 4M. 474. Ur)*. 4Ki ld(l.lf.iui. t>r . U . H>*bo[. of PartMM. ^»l l.ilC>i [^ Uoaowr. 439 •. U Kara, Pctar. Ngnvf. O. IM ■. 1«T. IfT •, !«. I« *. ItQ. Mt. MO, «1 aio. (kimoMi). ttt,U4B W^i),tiaa. LiBilwj, Maniaic 9 LiaaaM. U ■. UBiod. Hr.O: SSI. r Df ■ '. liakfcT.atf Haaphny. «».«•«! { L^f. 114 ' Lit;. M7. 449. I Uord. Hr. <»■«« of Hipn I'M I i'tbmlj.tw*. Btibdr.llla. ««. Vnj*. tdvwd. M9 . kM - ItyM*. !.«««> AM,U4.M;. Uckr.Joka. 109 a. inn. Lictro. !>• . «a. Loh. Hr . 4(« Use "''■"■».ia*B; nrJakM.IMi Ilr,UT. LMtelt. Lgfd. SM. tKDEZ OF NAMES. Lot, 161. Lo*e[, Lord, 3T4. Lowe, Samael, 87 n ; Theophilni, fiOO, SOI, 602. Lowthei. Anthon?, 204. Laeu, Mr., 35 n, 43, 45 ; Aud, 4S ; Uutb*. 45. LukTD, laaac. 8 ft ; Mary, 3 n. Laiiii, B«T. J. R, 486. Lntber, MutiD, 121. Luttrell, 489. LjmingioD, Lord, M ; John. Lord, 423 n. Lyno, 0«orge, 437. 42T n, 430 H, 431. LjntOD, Mr., 47 ; Mre., 47. Ljoa, Duiiel de. 1 h. Ljrm, CoDMd., 433, 134. UlUUAK, JohD, 135, 185 II. Silaccleafield, Lord, 76, 100 ■. Uacedon, Philip of, Coio. 63. UftctuD, J., Z50, 255, 2S«, 258, 260 H, 262 I, 434 ; Mr*., 154. Uackwortb, Sir Tfaomu, 466, 487. MKrinat, ooiD, 471. Uiidler, 129 m. Utflei. Huqaii, 139, 344. - HihoD, Lord, 74 n. Uklcotn, Kenmore, KinK of Scotltod, 355. Utlme*bai7, Williua of, 198. Iluib;, Richkrd. 385. 185 ». UuchoUr, Evl, 111. Muinen, Lord Robert, 38i>. Manninehud. Sir Ricbud, 124 ■ ; Hiibop or Cheater, 121 n. Uk. Lord. 73 «. MvMlIni, 215. Muchuid. Mr., •CDtptor id iTorj. 67, 1)7, 13). PI ■. Mudu. Aardiai, 185, 458, 46S. H v^wet, daoghter or Edw. Aheling. SS5. Mirjoribuilu, Dodlcy CoatU, M.P., Uulbonmgh, Doke, 82, US, 1S4 «; Dnchm, 140 «. UuTia, 24S. tUn, 386 ; PUnet, 119 «, 449. UuihKll, Henry, 601. Manham, Bii Joho, 128, 12S n. Mwijgli, Coont Lonii, 65, 65 s. Martial. 211 ; Bpigiam, 817. UartTD. John, 98, 98 «, 233 ; Tbotnaa, 152 H. 380, 384, 888, 403, 401, 107, 475, 476, 485. lIai7,QaaeD,112«.154; Boota.t09it: W. of William UL, 61 *, 316 n, 3)6*. MaikelTTie, I>r., 451 ■. Uaaon, Dr., SO ; Ui., 161 a. Ua»e;, Dr., 81, 151, 1»2, 211, 400. 40). UaHu*, Ber. BobcK, 49, 49 * ; ilt.. prinlar, 182. Mattaire, Ur., 170, 170 a, 202, 105, 327,298,299,803,815. Mutpeituit, Peter L. de. 139 a. UawioD, Uatthlaa, BUbop of Chi- cheMer, 19 ■, 95 ; Dr., 198. Mayer. Tobiai, 429 n ; Aadraw, 451 a. Mayern, Sir IlNodore, 121, 121 a. Uayor, J. E. B., 56, 496. 197, 600, 501 a. ICaientiiu, Coin, 471. Haximian, Emperor, 281, 285, 286, 387, 266, 174. MazlminDi, Dim, Etnpet«r, 187, 474. Uazwcll, old, 1 a. Head. UaUbew, 11) a; Dr, 31 a; 46. 16 a, 17, 51, 60, 61. 62, 66, 67, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 85, 91, 92, 96, 101. 1 111 I !. 136, )99. (18, 223. 221. 233 a, 231. 231 ■, 302, 303, 313. 330 «, 134 ; Eliiabeth. 263 a ; Sarah, SU m. llearei. Richard, mualfial iaatnUDe&t maker, 69 a. JIdeartu, 78. Ifeicia. Earli, 185. l(eiciiT7, PUMt,U6,441»; Tnuwit, 809 a. Heualf . M T., 807. Melon (Athenian i—thewMtciaa), 136, UT. 5S9 INDRX tiK NAMD. MiaMlluU. llOa MiekielMarKb. Mu Cii. MiiUa. King. 375. Midflloton. I>r. Cunjen. Hi. 1,10. .T>. 8fM a, S9H. 4#iil . Sir Hui^h. C7. fi; ■. l&Sa. MtiiM. i>r.. asr. «. Milltngtun. Dr. Th.imMk m, 71 MiUhIIV. Milacr, Mr. 161 « MUlMi, John. H7 «. 129, 1*X> MilwATd, Dr. Edvmra. 97. y7 «. I.M MiDenrA.119. MinMD (Mn. IVirvioi. N) ^J. ".«. '«f, lfitcb«a. Mr., 3.*6 ■, Hct Mr. S. I Moi.in Mr '.M I Murrmj. Mr y^.li.ii-r. IJ- I MjcTK Krv WuiiMB. It^V «•« Motosworth. Urd. 223. ri3 • Molyarai. Williaa. 430 • Moll. HvoMii (enirrmvffr). 9*«. 1:M. 114 «. Moaioi^ Rtclurd, 491. MoBoycr. or Le Moanicr, Munsieur i3», 4<9 •. MoaUffW, IHikr. 4.1. U V.. .'.7. r.4 74. 77. 31,119, 10i>. 107, Kiy. 114 114 a. IM «. 192. 3». 3-i€ •. 3.K, 3<'>7. SA^. 3C9. 370. 371. 3M1. 3«7 .IfiU. 3:»! Mr. 2^1 Moatfaacufi, Rcrtiar*! •!«. ^2 ■. 7ft •. 174, IM). 213. 241.31X1 Moon. lcli|M. 420. 431 ■ . ilimrX 429 • Moor. Mr . 9« Moofvi. Dr.. Bwbop of Ntirwirh ^ ■. 109 • Mormj. Itfl.316«. Morehar of Hmn. 217 More Sir T^omm. ^r. ; llent j. Ill* Momer. Old. 2 Miirtiner. Dr. •*n.m«r:i. J i.i. :Um 334. 21ft. 271 . J..hn .'.tl • Mon«ifi. Rrv J..hn. 7 a Dr , 77. \i^ IH. IbclMffd. IftO. ISO • MooM. 1&4I. 220. 24.V 294, I'.V iCi Mr. 71 Mom. Mr . 134. MoCU^ft. I7lt • N ' SAiJk>!» I»r . I&l • ' Srmi. kr« Mr . .^4 . Mr . »1 M. 119. TX,. r.t:. .•'> 35.* V*v 4. "9 431, «.«: Mr« /'.•'. .112. i-i: Nralr. DMiirl, ^1.* ■ SM.lhMn.Jrrrni.AK. 117 NVaniai 34.\ l-'.l , Srf4aiM> 3*i« . r.aniK. 4.M • 444 a NVr.. t\ ini. 4<4 4^': 4«7 ■. 4<». 471. Nrr»^ .Ti* J-i: • ft 477 Nrthitt Dr K>Wn 2\\. :x^ •. tM Nrvr. Mr .114 Nrvinftin lliat<>rv i^f M«mf fl. 49ft N'rwrMtl-. Ihihr. !»•. .'2*. N>wc», llrtiry. 4'.^ ■ Marr. 49 «. Sr«ft.mr J'*t.n. 4 '•3. 49« 499. ftOl. S02 ^itl. &I3 Nrwum. *»ir M»ch*rl. 209 ^r J4 11'.* 274 Imat, 40 • 4Vii .'rfLl >ir Imat, .*!. 24. 4flL «• ow .'.l.ft?. U. &'j,«i\4i»a «1 Cla.tiaL CS> 7'>«. 77. 7" i^«. yS 97 a. 9ia^ iii* • 11*. IK ur. !.*•. ni.lUa. |n pi\_ :%wi j«u, 2«H. 2-14 «. tSC :>. ?7>* 419 4I9«. 4."r.» 'rfO. &u*. Jil*. ftlt. Krwik. C»r . .*13. ?JJ • . Oal^Mi . JM. BSA Nirh,u»-ffi. l*r . 47 Wit.kaai. (•lah-ii. .'4^ ?4'> ■ , Nafi«« c'tMPi, 47 J Nimrtkl, l.> Nilrr. IC'V Wf , •J\ N -»r«, Mr. •* ■ .\.*l Mr, •!, U*, 117. •!•, I Will. MB M V .Vi2 N-irlra. i'aflAiii. 3211 • Normaa*. .V«i. 13« N ««r»MM«. 344. J4 1 ■. 3^2 NuCllM^-kMB. Donici KiMCk, iMt. iO« INDEX OF KAME8. 530 Nourse, Major, 501. Novantes, 354. Nutton, Dr., 13, 35, 42, 164. Oates, Titus, 104 N. OctaWan, Cardinal, 377. Olaas, MagnoB, 352. Oldfield, Sir Anthony, 88 «, 89 m ; Margaret, 88 a. Oliver, Rev. Edward, 40, 40 m. Onslow, Arthar (Speaker), 275 n. Orange, Prince of, 63 *, 87, 272, 272 h ; PrinccM, 61 «, 272 m. Orford, Earl, 332 it, 333. Orion, Star in shoulder of, 447 ; Foot, 460. Oriuna. 80, 82. 83, 405, 482, 482 m. Orkney, Earl. 317. Orus, Apollo, 190. Osborne, Thomas, bookseller, 126, 321, 821 M. Ossiris, 62 n. Ossulstones, Lord, 11. Otho, Coin, 468, 469, 469 «, 470, 471. Oathier, Abb^ 439 n. Orid, 167, 205, 448, 460. Ovinus. 33. 33 «. Owen, Counsellor, 126 ; ReT. Mr., 80, 410. Oxford, Bishop of, 60 m, 241 ; Earl, 50 «i. 59 «, 77, 131, 131 m, 151 m, 153 N. 209, 321 M, 827. 436. Oyselins, 245. Paget, H.. 76, 134. Pakey, Dr., 2. Palestrina. 113, 113 «. Pan, 157. Pancirollus, of Not. Im|K, 343. Pappus, 480. Park, Mr. 18 «. Parke, Major, 147 ; John. 490. Parker, Matthew, Archbishop, 173 «, 425. Parkins, B«t. Charles, 66, 56 m, 866, 369, 872, 878, 398, 393 fi, 898, 400 », 476, 478. Parkyns, Dr., 43, 46. Punham, B6T. Caleb, 441, 441 a, 445, 486, 487, 488, 490, 491, 492, 498, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 604 a, 605, 506, 507, 608. 609, 609 «, 610, 611, 612 ; death, 513 ; epitaph. 614, 515 ; Caleb, Sen., 486 ; Hephsibah, 486, 487. Parr, Robert, 120 ; Thomas, 120. Parry, Mr., 86. Paul, m.. Pope, 244. PauUna DiTa, Coin, 474. Pausanias, 69 a, 171. Payne, Archdeacon, 608 ; Ooorge, 64. Peada, King, 391. Peak, Rev. Dr., 492, 496. Pearoe, Zachary, Dean, 333, 333 n. Peck, Rev. Francis, 87, 87 a, 123, 192, 200, 226, 227, 264, 320, 368, 467. Peel, 92, 93, 207. Pega. Chapel of, 89. Pegg> BeT. Samuel, 242, 242 a. Peile, J. F., M.P., 471. Peirson, Mrs. (Miriam), 82, 86, 86. Pemberton, Dr., 234 % 426. Pembroke. Thomas. Earl, 62, 62 a. 56, 60, 62, 64, 65, 69. 70, 74, 77, 81, 100, 112, 121, 140, 190, 204, 214, 229, 232, 235. 261, 266, 266. 267 a, 268, 324, 436 a. 466. 468, 468; Udy, 214, 229, 235. Penoant, Mr., 4S9 a. Pennyman, Mra., 88. Pepper, William, 16. Pepuach, Dr., 112 a. Perm, Rer. Andrew. 18 «. Peny, Dr., 326 a. PUains,801. Pertinax, Coin, 476. Peterborough, Biahop of (Dee), 488 ; (¥niite), 488 : (Lambe), 618. Peieriua, 426 a. PMen, P., 141 ; Profesaor. 444 a. PMtit, Mr., innkeeper, 16, 18 a; Keeper of Tow«r BeoQtda, 146, 162, 162 a. PMtya, Mr^ 2. 531 l>'i»CX or MAJUlk PiiTiOB. 8ir Rdvant. 397 m. Phaadnu, 4M. Pbaraoh. 130. PhidiM, €9 •. Rhiiip Ic Bel. S7fi, 377 . Sir WilliBm, 136 ; pMBiin uf lliif git:b'in«*. 4>. PluloiUmiiu. 8A. PicU Mid Ka»U. 2i*A. r>*'i. 31.*. 143, US. SA3 a. 354. 35:^. Pirfw, Mr. 31)7 ; Henry, M I* J.'4 «. Ptlllod. CkpUm, 34«i. Plalow, Kev. AmbrtMr, If.' m iUv AmbroM, Janr., In ■.;.".». ?.l. Il'i. 143, 145, I4ti. 147 :f.M. .T i &•« . John, III «. 3i. 14 J . hcv JoLb. b «. I«,}7; lliM,4rt|. PtM, Ml., 67. Pinirr4. 441 •. Piteftira, Dr^ 111. 131 n i Kct. hAxiirt. 131 ■. PltimUk 8411. PlU, Ml., diamond of. 71. rUoa, Bcv. OoDyvn. Mi. rut4>» 113,310. 'ii6,:;i7,;;:M PliDy, 173. 174. 177, IfiU. 3«7. nott« Bobcrt. 4A7. Plimicr. Mooaiear. acvliiCor €.' MampCfv. Dr.. 3i. Pooockt, Dr.. 33»i ■. J.U ■, .Vo PolchiU. Mr.»H. PolhBffUNi. Mr«. ll'J. S&i, .t'jii PoUoa, blAT. 447. PblTpAMBMk 1A7. PoMpej, 133. 34&. PoMpooioa M«l^ 34A rDatack'* Tavern. 63 Pnir PwlUr of hwaffliAa. 37.1 3:j • 3H0. Pope. AlciABdrr *u* a. 1»«, '•I «. 1?:. 117, 13«, irj, 1J>. f» • piiaComa*, loin, 477 l'o«c. Mr . SaA PfiUcff. Jobn. Arbiubofs .'11. 741 ■. Po«Bd. Mr . 472 « Powell. Bcv WllliABi NMuurl, 4 ••• Pownail, CafrtAiB, 310. VaCun. Ilmrj. >H 'rvtcDilcr, ihr, 37^ a. ■ndraui. Col WilliAB. 3 3a J^Am. Hiahop. 4. 4 a . E*iaittr«<]. IJA •nmr, Arthur. 4'«.V >'l, V.*. 'nmri«v, Pr . 4:* 'ri'if. MaiUww. 1^1 m. 4-J. >':. liiA. *niliui KBi|irr««ff .M. 'rKUir. k. A.. 4 ."J a. 'ricj.iti, 44V. Vipertiaa. 4^ • *ru«Je. Mr ap^iCbccArv 7^, 4^1 'rUAAiA, KiDf «>f, T^i* 'rjmr, Hrv AUabArn dr Ia. 373 ■. Itilraj. J43 3^4. 447. 44-, 4*7 4>0. 431 'ultcnvy Mr iJ.\ 3J.' a. ^l^chAil. Iteaacl. 137. *je. Mr. 311. Pjkc. Mr (wMrbaakvr, A^ i. JOB, ^»4. 3(». 3M. 307 311 'jrrb^ Xft a 'jrtbAguffMk ilQ, 313 . !Wbnii:i ol. 9«. grKunaoaniaM, Pokv. c« ^r-irrri CABui AndrvAa 343 .*43 ^ev««lffi 4I«> 41<« • (iuiDtrihaA 347. WuintuA Curtitti. 4Si> Kaxu TbomM 119 144 t«7 IU|cr Mr \rm} iU|ibar]. 313. i^Atclitf I»r Jubti 91 v:. 117 la 1.-4 13^ 134. 134 a. IkAwlina. >ir Brflijaaiin. JCA l;a«iiii*>n TboatM 77 I6« ■ . Dt, »^, 41U. &. 3113 a lUj. Jobn 313 «. kftTii 3ii7 Krrvr Mr. 3i*4 IUnMll.k«« Mr. 311.^13. 313. of WiBcbltf. 313. INDEX OF NAMES. 532 RcTcley, Mr., 838, 866, 872, 469,; Henry. 470 ; Mrs. Battj, 296, 888, 360, 865. Reynardson, Mr., 81. Reynolds. 8ir Joshua, 121 k ; Richard, Bishop, 58, 68 n, 87 n, 109 ; Mr., 68 H ; Dr., 834. Richard II, 158, 168, 218; of West- minster, 406. Richardson, Jonathan (portrait pain- tcr), 62 H. 1 10, 1.32 «; Mrs., 84 ; Rct. Mr., 492, 501. Richicr. Dr.. 42, Richmond, Charles, Dake, 81, 81 x, 100, 2G1. 326. Ridout. .Mr., 94. Ricd. Rev. Mr.. 110. Rigaud. Dr.. 420 ;r. Ripon. Marquis of. 299 w. Rishton, Dorothy, 99 n ; Henry, 490. Rix, Mr.. 29, 38, 44, 45. 47, 14 L Hol)crts, Mr., 65. Kohins, Benjamin, 110 ;r. RobinK>n, Dr. Tancred. 4, 4 », 119. 124 ; Mr., 3.38 ; Thomas, 601 ; Ro- bert. 513. Rochester. Dean of, 503. Rogers. Dr. 53. 106. 276, 278 ; Alice, 186 M. Roisia. I^ady, 358, 864, 870, 372, 376. 3H8. 476. Rolf. George, 32. 39. 61. Romaine. Rev. William. 47."». 475 w. Komans. 241. 268. 310. ,341. 343, 343 «. 344. 344 H, 345, 350. 352. .35.*». 356. Hr>mer. Olaus. 430 w. Rix)|ier. Mr.. 82. Roscin. family, coin. 480 ;r. RoHcnlicrg. 420 m. Roultiliac. I^Miin F. (sculptor). 68 m. Kouhc. 241 ; Exekiel. 498.501. liowe. Captain. 62 ; Thomas, 501. Rowley, John, 133. Rubens. 121. Randlc. Bishop, 125. Russel. John, Lord, 133; Mr.. 424; John. 501. Rutherford, Thomas, 601. Rutt, Mr., 423 m. Rntty, Dr., 214, 214 «, 283, 286,' 286. 8 Sacheverell, ReT. Henry, 47, 109, 148, 148 n ; Rev. Joahna, 148 fi. Sadleir, Lady, 493. Sadler, Mr., 82. Saints : Audry, 83 n ; ChrTtoetom,222 ; Denis, 871 ; Eabs, 89 ; EdmDnd, 384, 473 N ; George. 173 ; Gathlac, 381 ; John Baptist, 878 ; Kyniburga, 391 ; Lawrence, 878, 379, 391 ; Nicholas, 472 n ; Peter, 876 ; 8wi- thin. Bishop, 64 ; Thomas A Becket, 72 H ; Tibba, 89 ; Wilfrid, 279 ; \\'inifred, 160, 160 a. Siilisbury. Lord, 312 ; GonnteM, 374 ; Bishop (Sherlock), 880 n ; William, 5i»l. 502, 616. Sallust. 349. Salmasius, 348. Salmon. Professor, 607. Salopianus, Robertas, 150, 160 a. Saltmarsh, Mrs., 84 «, 372, 383. Sandwich, Lord, 65, 326, 326 a. Sandys. Mr., 332. Sarayna. 241. Satam, Planet, 420 a, 422, 422 a, 441, 444. 446. Saunders. James, 31. Saunderson, Benjamin, 19; Mrt., 23. Savage. Mr.. 488. Savot. 462. 464. Sawkins. Mr.. 603. Sawyer, Mr., 491. Sayer, Mr.. 75. Saxons. 340, .H48, 844, 844 a, 841, 849, 354, 366, 466 ; West, 820 a. Scaliger, Joseph Justos, 178, 178 a. Scorpio, 245. Scheuchxer, Dr. John Caspar, 18S, 133 « ; Dr. John Jamas, ISS a. Schiever. 432 a. Schneider. 64 a. SchoenTot, 108. Schwabe, 420 a. 8c7thm,850. Segnin, 464. !i33 IKDKX mF KAMKR. SrMen. John. I2f«. 1&2. l.V* ■. 24.*. 4. v.. 4.W. S««rj«r. Jnhn. Ill) m. SriiiH-A. .IV.1. 4 4H. 44«». N-)i(imuB Srvrni*. KiP|4*n>r. 171, -••<■•. >7. M4. 4«2. S,rj..ani. Mr.. 131. S«T|4*ntAriuii. t'iin»lrl .417 Srikiiitni. C'J. 7H. ShaflralNirT. I>inl. 1?M. I:*H ■ MiakMpearr. .1:12 m, Shaw. Jolin. 4UH. Slirh*. Qurvn of. lik) a. Sht^Ir. Mr. 71. 7.'.. !•" ?l»r. Shrlfonl. T.iin, 477 Ml.-lT.K*k. .ll.H Shrphrnl, Mr . UiitlloriJ ••( tli.- *'r*>mu \\f Shrranl. I»r . r.\ I.IJ. I.TJ •. :U.l • Shrrt-M'k. Wii:i«ni. Iti*li>ip. .Ti^ ^^J••^w^f|, Mr , :«'.». Sh:|>l.»n. J.. ).«>kM>llrr. IIH: ^'li'-rr. Janr. Ii»J SiTirlair. William. Karl. 317. >:f«intinua. '.Ml Sir mil. 417. II-. Il'.l. i;.i), i;,i. Sifc.n. Jorinthan. •.«*. :*•.•!, .*■». i'2': Skiniirr. .Ill** ■. SiManr Sir llan«. r»\ f,\. CS. «7, A9. 74 77. h:.. hn • •!;, .#9 nj |.j;, 1"j: a. i.n i:u • jxi • -.mi •.•.v. i'.i*. :•:;* :'!i7. :ij«: •. .i.»7. .r*««. ;i;.7. *^niii:««vl YWmrvrtrr .V» -milt l>N>iiArhrrt.4'.M . Wiiliain 12 l-< 14 41. l.M . Ilrnjamiii > . I Anrr!. it :«n| *«Riitl.ai)n. hir lluyh :*97 Mr». .H.b» VniTlh. Arthur. I(i»hf|i .'rfiT. . Mr» SiHi«il>>n Mr lli«piUd of. 7;*ft >r...»r Mr JO*. .s..:. fn-'f. :*«•.• |rt» « 4m'. . SiitiK of Snmmrt. [>iikr. SI. 99 • . I^Hj Mar- irarrt, 4'r.* . Ihr pniwl iHikr U3 ■. S|>ain. gurrn i^f. 24.1 24« . Kin^ of. Spaiihrim llarnn, 4&«. 4«9 a. 47o. 4iO. S|.a»iariU 24«'i. 459. S|«rkr. J.i«-|.h 22. IM l«»; a. >)w|inan. >ir llrnrT. .'7\ S|-f.«-rr. I»r.. i"i«i ■. Mr. 12*. WiJ. ham. U) m. Sinnma. 2'i7 a. Sfii'hii. i harif^ 17-1 m. <|«»rrr 422 a. N|ujrr. Mr 224. "^1. AniVfl Jani«« I.U'>. M Ari'lri- Mr CI «;;i. M. A«a|ih Hi»h>ip nf l.'rfi I3aTi r*. Miahitfi iif. SU ^t Jiihn. Kr« llarn* Flrsinr 21 • :<2 « XI a r.4 a. CS a. 121 ■ l.M a. 12* > Ml a TX. a V.7 a Maira I^nri! 1X1. Mamfiinl. I^inl 11.392 Manht>|a*. Jamca. Karl. M C3 • fi4 . rhar:ra. 114 Xjf. ■ Maiilrj. Wriiaai. iJraa i.f S. A«a|4 I'll), idt m Sfartiini. ifJ^. 47it. SiatihuB TaHnia. 34y Maunum. Mr . 3A st«».t.ing llcv llrnrr ?2. 40 £1 33X U.I a. Mriftrrthal. Dr. lU. **t«nniC William. 4ii Mr|ihaiiulr« I.ifnif TV^iaa 4 lW^«t l<« ir^; m. m Mr|.hrii> Mr. 1.14. X11 . IU« Mr. Il'.i Mi-ri-r. I^arrrocr. 4fi| a vtrvrriB <'harlr« 24«i . Mr. I9n -t« wart Jiihn. l.li a si.>kra I'mfcM.r A07 . Mr.. I Ifc 117. -I<, Mf«urt4in. U>n1 3 7 A. M.««r. Jolin 49A Mral-i I'll. 172. 241 S4^ .14C scrvfie. 14^ a 149 a. smart. Dr Alraaadrr. SIC INDEX OF KAMB8. 534 Stukeley, of Norfolk Mid Suffolk, S ; Juhn. I, 3 n. 98, 121 ; Hn. John, I-2:>: John, Junior. 3 n, :•. 4i E>tber,5: Su-mh, 145; I'bomu, 277 ; Bit Tbomu, 277 ) Anthony, 5; Jane, 19 *, 141 ; Loiia. 119; Marin. 120. 29tj ; Adl&nl. 3 *, 5. C, 11. l:i «. 30. 3(j. i:i.^), 141, 141 », £09; Mn. Adtard, 27, .10 ; Coancil- lor, 81. liH; Dr. Williain, I, 8 *. 49. 50, 51, 63, 54, 66. 66 «, 89 Jt. 83, 120, 128 ■, 1.16, 138 M, Itl, 142. 144, 14:.. 146, 147. 161. IM, 163. 167 ■. I6, 226. 227, 229, 2.12. 2;i i. 23r,. 2:t6.2:l7, 239. 264, 267. 271. 272. 273, 273. 277. 278. 279, 281. 282. 288. 2f9. 289 H. 290. 290 m, 291, 293, 294, 298, 299, 300, 302, 811 n, »I2, liU, 319. 320. 32). 324. 323, 326 a, 327, 32, 336, 3.>7. 3.'>8. 3C1, 3U3. 364. 303. 366.367(1.368.369,370,371.372.373, 378. 380. 381. 382. :t83, 385. 386. 387, 389, 390. 3!I2. 394, 39.'., 398. AWt. 400. 400 ■. 401, 402, I0.\ 4IH, 40:i. 406, 407.408,409.410,411,412.416.417, 419,424, 425,425 ■,42T a, 429, 42t*Ji, 4:t2. 4:16, 437. 440, 443, 447. 456, 456, 460. 461. 40:4, 464. 4&'>, 467, 469.470, 472, 473, 474. 475. 476. 482. 482 », .•iOSn: France*, wife of WiUi»iD.9;i, 22.>. 298; Frances, daofEhter of Wil- liam. 83. 84. Ut. 93. 106. 298. 327, 378. 402; Anna, daugliwrof William. 85. 93. 2U8 ; John, brother of William. 28. 31. 32. 34. :(.-.. J8 ; Fnuice*, iiaUsr of William. HI. 37 ; RnUrt. )>Tother of William, 31 ; Charles, :lO.'i. 306. 30611; itugcr. ■l:)0. 330 ■ ; CarJelia, 306. :4U6 *. Stnrgo. Ur.. 98. SneloDina. .347. 348, 4G0. tiuflolk. Ducbea* of. 492. San.313; Spot*. 432. 432 , 193, 196. Tanner. Joaepb, 94 ; Thomaa, Arch- biiho|i. 243. 243 a, 24S, 334 ; Be*. Dr. John. 243 a. Tatham. TbomM, 490. Tathw«ll. Ur„ 437. Tatius. Achillea. 436. Taylor, Alderman, 979; Dr., 497; John. r>01 ; Robert, 601. 602. Teeadale (pabUcM). 96. Teleniachai. 184 *. Teniion. Archbiihop, 20 a. S9 a, 94, 166 K. 241 n.SeSa. Terence, 383. TertulliBo. S63. Teswer. Dr.. «S. 72. Tetriciu. coin. 47L Thacker. Mr., 6. TbaleB.429a. Theodora, coin. 47S. Theodoaina. yoaager, 343 a, 4S7. Thonia«.W.J..F.SU„3I0ai WHIiMn, SOI. Thomlinaon. Dr., 31, SIO, 310 a. Thomond, CoonUia of, S. ThompluDMO, Bev. Tboaaa, U9, 490, 491. Tbompeon, Leonard, 13; Dr., 00); Add, 22. 146. Tbor, 3IS. IMa,lB0.1M«,IMa, lSS,IS3a 53A INDKX or NAMES. Tbnrntan. John. :< ■; Mr. 2*J.'i : Sir ThtiMM. Alil-it. UW, « . \lr.. :<•'•'.'. Thoriiugh|;iMHl. rti«t itf arina, K»^ ■. Thurlin. Th.miM. 4**'.«. Tburiiham. I>r.. 1-17 m. ThwaiiTft. ThomM. :i«iri ■ : (%irilrIiA. 30A a. TliTK. iirmtruirii. Iiul. Titi.f. Wilhiim l.V Tilli'inaii. Mr (|n. Mr . 'Jmi. Tintlal. Matthrw. :».Vi «. 'JTI. J74 ■. Ti|i|uii|:, Mr.. I At'.. ]47. Tiu*. Sir Wil'.iani l.iO. Tuft. Marrithr rabbit brmlrrt. 1J4 a. Ti.kr. Mr Jl".'. Toll. Mr. \M\. Tonipum. Mr . (rliii*kiii«krr t. 71 m, T(*Ria. Mr. lenirniTrr). .(7.*. I?'.*. To|ihAfn. ThomM. .i^ m. SB. 41. l\9. i:.4. Tcip|4nK. Mr . mrinory i*f. t'lij. Ttinii. (ir* flri« 'Jii.''. J«'.'i m. m Townarnil ('harirs. U>ril. 74. 74 m. :M4. :•"•.• TrmjAii. 17'.* . Cfin. 4.'.7. 4> m. 475. Traui;lifiiii Krv Jnhn 'M. Trrkir.^hAiii i-i'Ai ••! ami' Jl.'t .I'l «. Trriawiir? >.r K-tn.iril .'II ■. .**•'•. Tmirl. Mr *.:«l>r« paii-trr ■ I iJ TrrTi'f. I^ r-l 71 Tnmnrll. Kit « aril >»l Tr<-|'h 'iiiu* l.tT Trur«iU:r Mr H -^i .(al . f ::». 1 u«"krr. titrtru U- *■• m Tungri IIJ .*4-* • TurriBta!!. Jamr« .I'll Tunn Mr < |iainti-r ). .*:■ I.*! Turkrtj:. I^ rl i71 i7 i. .t7* .«7',» TuriiKu:: Mr >■•:• « TamrbuB. 171 Tumrr Mr I'.*** . Ilammnriil. 'd*] . Hiaf. I- ■ f K » 4»* Twti;». Ui.har^l 1.**.*. Kiv Matihrw. lU. iJU a. TtrawlrT. I^ml .l"!. TTfrf. Mr r.» 1vrrb<-na \'.*'. m tTrartiit *lr ••1 Tv-iiii. l>r . I *.• •. VM V I'liiiLiM. >«:jr"»"r *J'' III l.ij^ 11 .rn . f 4'«'* Trariij*. Tlann 4:'.' « 411 a I'rlian V Tiijw. *7.*i. CO I'r-a Maj r 4i'. . M.n.r It:. I r«brr Ar. !.».:•». •!• l-"« i.'»« ■ I'u-.ah 4'"i V VaILI.A?iT r (N-.kM-!!.^- .*>• 10»» a Valrii*. 1". -ill 47 7 ■ Va'riitiriiari Kinja-rnr. nun. 470. 475 47««. Valrriiia. Maainiianua. Rmprmr. ?«7 Vanbru^rh. Sir J"bn. CI. CI a Vaiitla!* IM Vanib rv-urbt. J.-hn Vt. LU . MirhArl Viiiiilrr«|>riltB Mr* '•. t7 a Vaiuivrk. 4. 1 14 m. i:;:; a Varr.> 4 4^* Vf r)U«dr Miiiir.v I'M iSrr ilnl C^nm 4 if. m l"arr* 4.-.* a 4 IC. 4SS • . Trail.. t IM 4.M . .'-••• ■ Vrr.b.n Tl- nia» 4'«* 4^V iV^ Vrrn.in lU-v Mr 117. 171. 99. fU ■-••*l Vrr .iir«r ?!•.• VrrtJ" Ar.ti»nit» * |«inlrT I IJI V«rtur lio.fjrr (rn^ravrrt li^^ li-l a. I. ■.4. -J^r* .471 Vr»la TrBip> ••( 4|a> Vi|:ani. SiK-ni'r '.'^ XI. .vj. 40. 4MI. ViHrrm l^uki "f Horliinffhaa. 1 •. Vinrrnt. armnnal <>f. 'ilft 311 ■. Virw-.:. I?J 17? 17- 1«^i. Its. IMl 2 -•7. ■-•?■.». ■>^*. • jrr. ■•■». »«. MC .f.'pi. .I4'.>. .\M AM m. Btt. 44«. Oil I ViMvtw^ Mmcw. v. p., C4. M a. INDEX OF NAMES. 536 Volpone (Lord Godolphin), 148 «. Voltaire, 234 n. Vopiscus (Life of Aorelian), 283, 284. Vos, Family, 246. Vossius, Isaac, 327, 327 fi ; Gerard John, 327 h. Vulcan, Planet, 444 ». W Wadsworth, James, 277. Wagstaff, Mrs., 22. Waite, Mr., 456. Wake, Archbishop, 52 fi. 63, 72, 106, 216, 216 w, 217, 218 «, 221, 224, 227; Mrs., 225. Wales, Princess of, 50 «, 409 ; Prince and Princess, 332. 332 h ; Frederick, Prince of, 234 « ; George, Prince of, (George IV.), 613. Walker, Dr. John, 305, 806 ». Wallace, Sir William, 356. Wallatt, William, 6 m. Waller, Rct. John, 20, 20 *, 21, 22, 44; Edmund. 498. 501. Wallis, William, 10; Dr., 271; Mr., 430 M. Walpolc, Sir Robert, 73 », 74 it, 100 «, 110, 822 M, 323. 333 n; Horace, 110 N. 153 It, Wanley. Humphrey, 131, 131 * ; Rct. Nathaniel. 131 m. Warburton, William, 87, 87 «. 88 n. 123. 127. 128. 128 n. 129. 130, .302. 328, MM) H, 332 », 3:H3 m, 389. 393. 403. Ward. ReT. Mr., 402, 403; Mr.. 471. Wargentin. Peter. 451 m. Warin, prior of Worcester, 150, 150 h. Waring, Mr.. 42. Warkhouse. Mr.. 67. Warren. Mrs., 93 ; Admiral, 389. Wass, Mr., 76. Wast«ll. Rer. Henry, 401». Waterland, Daniel, 127, 127 ti, 228, 328 11. Watson. Mr., apothecary, 82. Watts, Mr., 91,303. WeaTer, Edmund, (astronomer), 88, 104, 878, 429 it. Webb, T. W., 429 n ; Rct. John, 4 «. Welby, Family, 11 ; Richard, 11 n; Adelard, 133, 209 ; Johanna, 11 «, Welles, Sir Robert, 494 ; Richard, 494. Welsh, 843, 348. Wellwood, Dr., 131, 181 n. Wentworth, William, M.P., 811. Wesley, Rct. Samuel, 102 », 134, 134 n; John, 134 n. West, James, 77, 170, 324, 410. Westley, Mr., 296. Westminster, Richard of, 56, 68, 390, 406. Weston, Rct. Nathaniel, 487. Wliarton, Philip. Duke, 68, 68 fi ; t Thomas, Marquis. 68 « ; Dr. G., 72, 134, 1.34 M ; Dr. Thomas, 134 «. Whichcot, Mr.. 28. Whiston, William. 60 n, 61 w, 88. 88 m, 204. 436, 44 1 n, 443 n, 445, 608, 609 m; Sarah, 88 m, 441 n, 443 ji. White. R. (painter). 96 m; Hugh, 166 m; Richard. 242. 243 ; Bishop, 488. Whiteing, Mrs., 12. Whiteside, Mr., 170. Whittlesey, Walter. 166 it. Whood, Mr.. 306. Whychingham, Mr.. 143. Wickinti. John, 601.602. Widdrington, Lord, 200, 200 n. 204. Wigan. Dr. John. 233. 233 n. 234, 2.16; Dr. William. 233 n. Wilkes. Kichanl. 490. Wilkins. David. 152 w. .334. William I.. 218. .356. 473; III.. 18. 64 Jt. 131 jt. 216 M. 454. 465, 497. Williams. Mr.. 40 ; Mrs.. 9:i ; Philip, 493, 41»9. 491» m. 500. 501, 602, 60S, Williamson. Robert. 20. 6.3. 9.1, 298 ; Frances. 6:4, 9.3, 122 ; ReT. Thomaa, 121. Willia, Dr.. 97 m ; Browne, 66, 88, 216, 227. 280. .106. .107. SOH, 319, 329, 366, 876, 463. 467. Wnin. Mr. (painter). 122. Wilmington, Lord. 332, 466. Wilmot, Dr. Edward. 234, 234 ii ; Robert, 234 n ; Edward, 490. 587 IKDU or VAMn. WIImq. Dr., 42 ; Mr. 89S ; John. 601. WmchclMa, Henearho. M. MM a, 104. 427 a. Wiofilelil. Mr«.. 4A|. Wiae, Rev. Krancia, 32i). S2U a. 410. 4MI. 466 a. Wiaenwa, Mr., 121. Wiaara. Mr (iiaintcr). C4. f»4 a. 121. Wittr. Madame. 429 ■ Woden. 313. Wolaey. Cardinal.. 136. 164. Wood. Mary. VJ a ; Richard. 49 a ; Mr. (Apochrcary). 2H. 69: Thomaa. (Architect). 3311. 32*J m. 3.H7. 471 a ; Coancilliir. 47 : Mra.. 47 ; Dr . 91 . Jamea. 503; Mr. 2«i7 ; Anthony. aio. Woodhooae. John. 93. Woodwanl. Dr.. C7. C7 ■. 101. 101 a. Ill a. 116. 127. 1.12. 14*1.213. WooUitun, Mr.. 3:i6. WooUcim. Mr. 994. 194 a, tU n. Woilon. Henry, rditor of H. C Bptatiea, 126. 490. 497. Wren, hi r Chrutopher. 63, 97. Wriffht. Dr.. 2M ; Henry. M.A 494 ; Thoaaa. 279 a . L^ird 3i;9 ; Tbiimaa. 413. 434 a. 442 Wnrlcy. Henry. 6iM. I Wyche. IVter. W>. 419. 42.1 a. I Wyldhorv, rape. 4U1. • i^T. 441 XJPHUA, Conatcl.. 121 a. Taldwui. Mr. or Bald via. 72 a. Yale. Governor. 6:^. York. Lord (*hancrllor. 109. Yoong. Mr.. 121 ; Kvv. Kdward. 166. 166 a ; Rdward. SMI. I ^aumv%. 2IU a. ^7 m. INDEX OF PLACES. Abbot's Lajvolet, 49 n ; Ripton, 492, 606. Abchurch, S. Mary, 40 m. Aberbrothick, 356 fi. Aberdeen, Unirersity, 276. Abin^OD, 97. A bury (or A%-ebury), 62. 65. 66. 137, 138 », 140, 186, 190, 201, 235,237, 324,331,335,369,363. Acton, 610. Ad1iDgfleet,411 n. Africa, 249, 250. 415. Albanbury, 136. Algiers, 416. Althorp, 411 M. Allealey, 96 n, Allington, 53, 93, 298. America, 263, 277. Amesbury, 62, 189. Amvterdam, 129 it. Amwell, 67 n, Anandale, 354. Ancaster. 201, 2a3 jv, 215; Hoqm. 365. AndoTcr. 139. Anglesea, Isle. 100 m, Antwerp. 241 n. Arbuthnot. 94 f». Artbar'a OTen, 51, 68, 362, 439, 440. Aaoencion Island, 314 n. Ashdown, 820 fi. Aaooagh, near Bedale, 360. 360 «. Ashley, 60 fi. Asia Minor, 429 n. Aston. 329 fi. Ayamonte, 414 n. B Babbl, Tower. 158. 159. Babylon, 456. Bainton, 604. Baltic 315. Bangor, Herring, Bishop of 9** m ; Pearoe, Bishop of, 333 n ; Reyntildic, Bishop of, 424, 424 n ; Hathm, Bishop of. 333 «. Banham, 40 n. Barbnry, 138, 139. Barley, 95 n. Bamack, 608, 611,512. Bamec. 75. Bamhill. 136. 364. Barningham. 304. Barnwell 22 ; Abbey, 32 ; by Oun«llc. 114. Barrow, 499 n. Barrowby. 47. Barston. 93. Basingstoke. 84. Basse. Ule. 247. Bath. 88 It, 128. 130. 207. 221. 223. 282 «. 311. 312. 329 «, 3.37. 470. 470it. Battlefields. 2. BaTana. 332. Beaaprg Hall, 88 m, 288. 372. 461. 461. Beekeoham. 413 «. Bcckhaai|iCon, 364. Bedmle, 302, 360 «, 471. Beddiagton. 182. Bedwyn Magna. 138. Beer-Akloo. 109 n ; Penria, S74 «. Bekasborne. 49 a. Beltoii Hook. 196. Belfoir, 87 a. 123, IM, 308. 539 ISDM or PLACKS. Brncnnlen. 31.1 «. Hrnnifif^tiin. 4*.i|. 49?. Ilrrkuhirr. in.« m. ?:«. X^t) u. ^^•* m ; W3. WiiKr Ili>rar. :<:>nii VVrhn. .1J»; «. 444 «. Ilrrwirk. .«]ii. :f'jii ■. Hiililnt^iii, 117. Hmhiip'H Miirtf«iri|. '.'2. Itlaniir«ir.l. I'H; «. Rlrnhritn. r>l n: VirturT nf, 1.14 ■ MlrlchiiiKlrT. \*i m. KlmkU f»aka. 4*M. Blunciaham. .1:42 m. .i;:* Ikilii-niiA. I'.'iN (1.1 ll<>liiii:liri>kr. 12 ilol«i|:na. t;.*i. i;;! n. |7.( n. HordcAuz. 14 It; II . lUiruughbriilirr. \Ml. 1C.I. .1f'i4>. IkMton. A. 12. 11. 42. 47. 4t. 4V. &I a. yl. 122. 1*4 i.M. l:i.V 224 n. 217. 2.1 »« ; Manrhrsirr. 51. Ihmirhtiin. 41. .'i7. t^l. kA. .(.iti. liu. li>. 171. :wi. n<»all. •Ml a. ::\. Ml M \ m. BriUm ir* < .Ml 247 21*. 24:i. 2.".iV 2*» 2*1 2-.". 2'". 2r: il'.i. li-i. d;. v.#: i.'.N. Rrt<^ •!!»-*. 21 »4 HnH»mr (llnnnhAin T) I 17 Hn>airhAm (Mllr. U4 ■ HruMrlt 24C Ir)||iiSTO!v IVlcri.l «;i • ' ('••111. 7«». 4Vt I r«rn '.•■.• m ' rainKr:.||,T. I \f, Jii «. 2.V 2.1. ?4. ?A. 11. 12. U. .m; !-«. l-.i. 41 4".. 47. 51, .v.. til m. f.7 • 70 Ml Hi. n7 a. M ». i v.*. m. *jC m. V. V** ■ 111. Ill «. j 124 m. Ijr.. Ill •. 134. ii; • MS, I r.| • lV.i U;, 222 ?f>0 Ui. M€. 4(1.'.. 44 1 ». 444 •. rAthcnnc HaII. J»V 22 22 •. M 4'w . i'aiQtrollnr*. 24. 44. I'.t. , ihnata Collcgr. I'.i. Ill 214 • 111 ■ . i\mr9 flalU *H m. •.•• • r.» • 4-7 . ('.iq4M (*hntU ruMrjrr 111 «:• ■ 41 •. 44 ■. «», 4-.I • VI • 1,0 , SI a M. '.•> «. ir.i. ir.* • 1 t< 1 U 141. 4911 ; KmnMiurl ( ullrfr. 21 . Jraos Col* W^. A.« a. «i'. m ^\^ m . King'a Cn4- Irirr. Ill 24 27 (J I4;« I'tfta, 11^. lUlrn ('«ti:r|:r 3.' '-4 a. M'. ■ . hts'kr inWr^. I 14 a. Il^rt . f.'iiiTrr. ::v 24. 2**. U. .-.I. 117. 14'>. Ni.lnrj >uMri r.illrfr. fS^ a, 22'.* ti: • M j.>ho'« roiWfv. II 2.' .'4 41 Mt • II* a. i:;i. I'l •. .'(4 - JIJ 4 Ml a. 4«7. 4MI. 4'.it. 4.N.. 4-.ri • :.i:. rctrfboM*. :.h». Innilt t ..Ur»-r. 22 24. 4itAph in. 131 ■ ('ami.n.ltrrahirr. IM. S02. fO?. 471, 47«. CUiDOck. UH a. INDEX OF PLACES. 540 CaDDons, 389, 389 n, CaDterbury, 41, 41 f», 50, 50 it, 94 «, 95 M, 106, 263 fi ; HottOD, Arch- bishop of, 333 n. Cape of Good Hope, 433 », 451 n, Capua, 68, 125. Cardike. 89, 460. Carlisle, 94 n, 318, 319 ; Nicholson, Bishop of, 245 » ; Cathedral, 66. Carolina, 439. Carteia. 78. Casbel. Nicholson, Archbishop of, 245 H. Castle Acre, 23, 119, 223; Hill, 33; Howard, 361. Casterton, Great, 494, 495, 496; Little, 494. Castor, Prebend, 216 ». Catterick, 361. Cathorpe, 429 m. Causenns, 203, 203 m. Caxton, 151, 186. Caythorpe, 104. Chaddesden, 234 n, Chadwell, 67 h, Chantilly, 367. Chelsea, 64, 8:^. 98 «. 99 «, 124 «, 125 H, 133 M, 285, 358. Cheltenham, 281 ; Park Chapel, 124 ». ChemniU, Fabricius of, 241. Cherry Hinton, 22 ; Marham, 600. Chertsey, 279 n. Cheshunt, 413 ». Chester, Cathedral, 66. Chesterton, 22, 314, 360. Chichester. 49 «. 95, 197, 197 ji, 468, 469. 471. China. 130, 439. Chipiicnham. 137, 139, 3:)2 h, Chisclbury. 139. Clarendon Park, 138. Clyde RiTcr. 354. Codford-in-the-Pields, 138. Coimbra University, 316 «. Colchester, 136, 265, 395, 397 «. Colkirk, 496. Compton Bassett, 137. Co^icnha^n, 56, 80, 81, 119, 392. Copmanthorpe, 47 n. Copthall, 413 », Corbridge. 460 n, Corchester, 176. Cornwall, 135 n, 157, 161, 169 a, 233 «, 363. Cottenham, 94, 186, 186 », 207, 814, 267, 272, 280, 288, 289, 292, 295. Cottestock, 290 « ; Church, 291, 291 «. Coultersworth, 40, 40 m, 202 ; Church, 66. Coventry, 96 «, 131 « ; Church, 374. Cowey Stakes, 278, 278 n, Cramond, 175, 180. Croft. 304. Crowland, or Croyland, 42, 89, 114, 186, 232, 238, 279, 366, 368, 370, 381, 382, 403 ; Bridge, 66, 66 «, CroxtOQ, 123. Croydon, 53, 106, 222. Calloden, Battle, 378 ii, 382. 386. Cumberland, 136. D Damoatb, 2. DarmsUdt. 313 m. Dean, 166. Deeping. West, 123, .391, 392. Denmark. 223 n, 353. Denton. Roman paremcnt, 203. Derby, 63 m. 148 n, Derbyshire, 101 ji, 195, 215, 234 m. 279. Derry, 245 h ; Hill, 139. Dettingen, Battle. 332 n, DeviPs Arrows, 137. Devonshire. 109 /i, 277. Dinmore, 20 m. Diss. 40 M, Doddington, 499 «. Doncaster. 94 «. Dorchester, 155. 161 i». 207. 239 », 244 ; Amphitheatre, 72, 76, 239 «, 244. Dorset, 234 n. Dover Castle, 76. Doveroourt, 376. Downham. 372. Dri^oot Ceme, 139. DnjrtOD, 103 ff. 541 INUEX OK I'LACbi. DnirT Iaiic Ttiratrr. W m. [hiMin. M. 1**^. .V. 471. K(11inK't4in. -.'.M >. Kilmiinmn. 1 14. Kprpt. 7-*. r.M r.r». Wf. .IW ■. KMcn ;<7* ■*•*" ■**' ■ ■***■* ••'*'*'■ ■**" ;r.»l' .*'.»■• IW. 4'i.* I7J. 47.*. 474. 47y. KlfnUin.ui:h I-**' Klme 14'* Elv. 1 ?2 *il ■■ '■*< '-** " !'*<) "■ •*•* "' .V'.* . lali* iM .ij4 iS'. .i.i. i;.7 • i> 41 * 41:; 4.v • 4:*.* i:..*. 47i'. . New /.'■. «. ::7:: Kt^fMn,: ll.l ■ K|«i>in '.M m K|>w..rtli 1 M 1.14 • Krminr ••In^rl 7"i r.'"- *mi Kmti -.Mt - i-i'- Kum iti ■ I'x' - l''< -*-•* • Eurni-- ji: •!.: :'!> ■ on «. 41.% 4i. . 4 it'. 4'..V E«i r'< v 1 >-J EtHrr Hr* « .ikt lliBhii|i uf. .Itl r.jr 4"« K Karlki « Ain-Li. 1J'.< Fwruiftluft. 4y « FrrftflrM. VJi n KiKbrlilr«n. l.i« Flahbift (hurrh. :LiK KlMDAt^A*! Hoaw (Urwiivicli Ot«cr- TAtiirj ). 6.4 «. nanilrn. 1M1..UJ ■. 3^. ricn. in. 14. 1«. 14'. ] Klnrencr Winr. 311. r.ontia. -'77. •::: « F.ilkinfcb«m. Si:; Forth Friih nf '.'47 .U4 F'Mway. I*.i5 Fti(hfrinir«T. «>*• a. ull FosaI. H4 Fraiirr. l.M I'.M <, I'JJ. '.*ll 1*47. 3 IS. 31« ■. US. .U3 n. .U>4. 377. J7». 399. 4i:i. 4411. KtiTAi Aoklriny. 419 Frmnaham. frr^ml trriwaU 37J. 374. iMi . t'hurch. 374. Frmiini;. A«>4. Frrkii.^'hAm .MS FiTAhwAirr. 'J7 ■ FriMton. 4 7. .«*rj. J-M. Fn|«t«rj I If*. FuldA. 173 m. FurncM Al'lir? IT.'. -.■«i4 (f (lADAKA. r.'j. (JAinaUtmairh 3 (iallriiA t Wallincfiiril). 47% (•Mnhncttj 1'.' Oaul. .'V. Ufdary. 11 II • II «. I'J • ISJ. I4C Ovneva. l?v • (Jrofirta <*«'I«»ny 3»»7 (•rrm«n ikvan 34**. 3SI iicrmaiiy |A.* 173 a. PjJ. 347. St*. .4:;i i:>« 4is (JerannBTum < fWialog^ne). TASk , Ill-Himcrr liU « (•iKlAimin^v 134 m. liudrbj MMUVward. *« «. MA (ttidaimhMB. S43 a. (^>frmftciic HilU. 33 Vl lf>«|^rt«iri 471 UuCtiOtfcn. 439 ■. OrAfloa. IM. IKDEX OF PLACES. 542 OrsntehcHter, 16, 20 n, 21. 22. OranthuD. 40, G2, 53. 55. 77, TS, 92, 100,106.107. lis, lie, 117,118,123. 128, 130, 132, 133, 18«. 187, 187 », 188, 191. 19t. 196. 197, 198. 202, 204, 207. 208, 214, 218. 217, 219, 221. 226, 298. Hes, 412, 421.; Bt Aod'i Well, 198. Greece. 78, 86, 1S3. 240. 241 n, 244. Greenwich. 60, 64 ; Hotpital, 61 ■. no, IIOh; ObnrTktoiT, 62, £3 m, 71 *; Mean Time. 431 n, 433 a. 437 ■.411 ■. GreenUml. 319. Greetbam. 123. Oresliam i-ollcBe, 67 n. 89 ■. 101 «. GreveUike, fllO. Grefwelben. 138. OH mithorpe. 93,366. Gnintj Fen, 372. OrfphU WKldJB. 1GI *. Quienne. 316 *. Guilsborongb, 35 n. OunwKTdbT, 116. Haarlem. 4.16 n. Hackney Uuibe^ 358. Hickpen. 137. l;«. 139. HixLleuhmm. :«. 3.3 «. H».llej. 243 ■. Haemu*. ■124 ; Mount. 365. Hapiabj. 12. HailihuD. 49 <■. HallingbuT?, GIO. JUmburg. 2ljd '(,413. Ilammcnmith. 101. HanimcrtCBi Buy 4.tI n. Hampabire. 139. 1C6 ■. Hampitead. 280. :400. 321. 370; Healb. 1M. IlHinptOD Court Palace, 1 10 «, 15.^. ICO. Hanoirer. 98. S23 n. HarlaxWn, 203. Harrogatf. 307. 318. Harrow. Scbool, 95 n ; fhuch, 102. Hartlepool, 4T5 n. Harwich, 375. Hastead. 168 «. Hatlej Cockarne. 92. Haaant (Alia), 1S7 n. H»T»nL 197. Hajmarket Tbeabe, 99 a. HeddiDgton, 139, 17a Helmslej, 3, 3 n. Heretord, 132, 168, IS8 «, 103, 805 • ; Catbedral, 201. Haringalon, 234 k. H"rUord. 7.-.. 413 «; Cartle. 266; Shire. 476, 461. HeiiieriJea. 364. Hciham. 75. Hilderabam. 22. HilUogdoD. IM. Hillington. 99 «. Hinckley. 60 n. 416. Hoggiithorpe. 46a Holbeacb, 1. 2. 6. 6. ». 11. II ■. IS. 16. 18 «. 20. 23. 2T, 28, 29. SO. 31. 33, 3.1. 33 D. 36. 37, 41. i4. 45 *. 47. 49. 5.3. 64. 66. 89. 91. 106. 109. 119. 142, 142 n. 144 n. 146. 154. 167. 209. TI». Holland. 231. 24fi. 32*. 3X2. :l.Vt. 416 ; South. 2. 11, 36. 237. 238. S7R. HoU (Norfolk). 19. 19 ». HoljwcU. Oxford. A5 », 43. 46. 4ia HoDington, 201 ; CaupL 195l Horeb. 242. HorncMUe. 1.30. Home Field, battle o(, 491. HoniM*. 83. Uonlej Down. 412 ■. Holwell. Briitol.311. Houf-h. .362. Honnalow Heath. 71, 79. Hnbba'i Low, 137. 13T «. Hiubon'i Bay. 462 ; Port Kelaon. 152 ; 8ti«it«.4B2. Hofcal Hall. Ki -. Hull. 144. 4 ». Hwnber. 4 1 «. Hungary. 266. Hanson). 136. 213 ■. HnntiBgdoD. 17. 19. W. 4».4M ; Shiic SS3 a. 476, 5M. HontboBne, 4tt a. IXUEX or n.AriM. 1 . Uoavuvl Fort, «;s ICELAWn. I.'>7 Irkliiitfhmi. t7V. Unbi!), l«n»». IJ7. Iirra.-omlir -.■77. II1ir.rmn. ■.'««i. LacIad.!. U7, 3|->. 133, «J9 a, 131 • In.|i«. Kut. .110. .Ill) .. i\. '■ "^- l-n.,n«t.m. H7. l.Auii«'*t.>n, l-'l II lBk->Ml<)-T. ll.l. I.Airnh«ai, *'. 1i Ipawirh. Nviur.'. tJ.I ■. thi • '■ l.Ml*hun. i:..' «. IwUn.l. w. ir. • an. 317. a ""■ ■*•'- 1.M.1S *:. i;.;. \M m l^lt'"'m -'*"■ (.If .4 WipM •.■7 .. Ahitlwa ■''*■' UwTttri, 111 .. .«- ■, III. «. luly. fJ>. '1. 1*1 I7'J 19.1. ■-' sii,:i:., :'i;, -.'ty. .■.-■. l'-h ■^ * I'll., .km;. 11^. .t", .Wi. Uigil. .1-.'.. Ui«bu.n Hoiur. V. J Ui|-it 4-< JanAIi-A. lii : •S.l m. TJh. l.fl*uL M> , I«>rr>n^>ii. 1" n I'V •■ I,7,kn. 131 . 17.1 ..l!*r ..!«.. Ml K .. J-.T. .•6I.JS7.,3.'lt. Ulk. !.-.( KCALKILL. 1:' I..nco:n I. :. If *i i3 -171. 4I«; KHl.»m,.W • Athcanl •: ■ IV^. lIcAlh. OO. K-ri«liitt..ti. "'1 7* :M,i « :.i3 M.ifr— > ■ I-'7 H.-. Ii> !U I7S. Krrnn XiTtr V.'* . W.«(. I.C ;:■. .*...-.(.;.( Ill .in. i:i K-nl y;, I'l" . I'tJ .. 1..I. |[:.U-r Ki>i»-htunrbA{*l.y:A. Krilrnnjt. Sfi" •- 1 l.>il«n. tM.4ll.«1-.4 I'uk. |«Te*«ni. :is ■• K.* «a l.:An.|«iI, ('.• •. Kai»rn .iir. • . l.:Anllu«Ar i.! ■ Ki:i.IrA^I. !:::■ • ' U-rr n>rr. Lf^lt K...,r..i,il. *:. K.Ltrr. l:"- l...|.f..»icu. Mt . K.,.:,.,. .1.'. ...- t^.k u.i I„t,.l..i, r- ;: ;i. .-f v.. .17. «>. Kirkli ll>:l llMmiiiw Nl,.-: '"• r. i: -1 — . -,■3, x. !■: - »:■. Kitk.it—nUl IK. I'O . till . lai. iix . iw ivr. K.r..!. »■■ i.ir. i.i- 1.- 1.'.. Mi> 1.1) ., tn m «. K>u:l>»-:ui>l,»* !.■; . !:•■ I.MI 113. lU. 114. lU. > 37V S ..tniUnoa. .>i ii; >.> ir.i .v;. i^t. !iTi. tn. .!«<.».-. JW>. M>I.Ha.4M.«(». Ml, 111 ■.IU,«U a. 130 >. ill, 411^ ISDKX OF PI.ACEP. 544 461 11.162. 460,466, 467. 469. 4T0, 472, 474 M : Abingdon*! Coffee HoDse, S;<:., 382, 385, 390. 394, ; All Hnllowi, ;<:> H. I:l4 ; Antiquariui Socletj, 259 H, 26G, 309, 313, H20. 362, 459 ■. 461 ; Baldirin Oudent, t T ; B«>r TKTern. iitrand, I3H ■ ; Beaofort BatMlngi. | 68. 300 ; Bedford Bow. 81. II9.:i03, | 304. »05. .6. 308. 309. 311. 311, .120, 335, 33G, 3GS. 367, .171. 372; BillingBgate, 893. Billiter Sqatre, 412 K : Bloomsbiirj. 123; Blooma- liury iStuare, 29W ; Blue Coal Husiiiial, 111) ; Bond Street (new). C2. H4, 85 ; Bow, 807 ; Bridge. *W. 374 ; Bridge Chapel. 72. 72 *. 112 : Britiah Museum, 161 ■ ; Bur- lington HouM, 133 « ; Canon Row, WeBiminitcr, 373, 87!t ; Chttnceiy Lane, 32. 51. 104. 133 ■ i Chandoi street, 32l> : Clirist'i Hospit«l, 12.^1 N ; Clement's Inn. S4 ; Cliffonl'i Inn, l/.2i. ; College of Arnii, 152 ; College of Pbjiidan*, 61, 62. Kl, 79. 9« n, •.17 1, 10>>. 121 0. 125 ■, 13l,18Iii. 1.14, 134 «, 13u ■, College ot Surgeons. 94 », 121 ; Cnne's Court, 2.11; ; I'Ultom HouM. IWl. 27>*, 3li6 ; Doctor's Commons, 393 ; Dover Street, .Vi : DuckuCourt, IK ; Kojal Eichange, «> -., 24fi ■, .309 ; Egyptian Societj. 32. 169: Oray') [nn, 119, 126, 1.33 >, im, litl *, 191>, 216 K, 321 ■, Chapel, 93, Lane. 224 ; Qolld- hall, 32 : Ouj's Hoapital, 210 h ; Ham Walks, 408 ; Hatton Gardea, .372; Holbom, If; Horn Lodge of of Freemaaons, 2i'>l ; Hotue of Com- tuoni, 323 ; Ji'niaalem ClMuber, 426 ■ ; King's Bench Walk*, 232 ; King Street, Bloomtbary, 4S; Eing Street, St. Anne'*, 405 ; Leadenball Street, 412 x ; Leioestcr Houe, 31 103 ; Ume Stnet, S94 ; Linoola'i Inn, 32, 104. 1!6, 128, 130, 167. 261, Fields. 82, 9S h ; LndKate Hill, SSS ■ ; Uarylebone, 326 ; Hint, 425 H ; UiUe Tarem, ISS, tfiS, 166, inn, 4K0 ; Uonkwell Street, 94 m ; .Monument, 267 ; Korth Street, Bloomsbttr^, 104 ; Orange Street, 122, 29K 1 Orbel'* baildinga, Ken- sington. 78; Onnond Street, Bl, 81, H3, 92, 100, 186, 163, 196, 287, 424, 447 ; Oiford Street. 82; Patemoetar Row. 321 ; Paul-* Wharf, 103 ; PloM- dill7.82, 183 ir,S6t : PoDtack's,6a ; Queen Street, SS *, Square, 408, 448, 447, 472, 473, 476, 479 ; Red Lfou Square, 39ti ; Roral Society, 214, 217, 233, 238 m, 286, 237, 238, 267 «, 2S9m, 2lill,2i»)ii, 2K6 N, 271. 326, 8>T, 330, 399, 401, 402, 406, 447, 4fil m, 4.-.2 ; RuBiell Street, 474 ; SalotatJoa TaTern, TaTistock Street, 63 ; Suple Inn, 17 a, 28, 29, 32, 46, 14« ; Maiionera' Hall, 64, 88 ■ ; Sk Anne, Aldgate, M ■ ; St. Andiew'i, Holbom. UK ■ ; fit. Aoatin-a, ISO ' ; S.-S. Austin and Faith, 610 j St. Bartholomew the Uas. 131 ■ j hospital, 134 s ; St. Benet'*, Paal'a Wharf, 103 ■ ; St. Dnutaa'a in the West, 1 50 0, 333 ■, 474 ; St. Oeot|e'*, Queen Square, 66, 81, 89, 109, SM, 39ti. 401. 47S ; St. James'* FalwM, lo.%chapel,333; St. John's, Omond fitreet, 92 ; St. Martin in the Beld% 211 M. .-« ■, tiH, 68 «, 153 N ; St. Harj le Bow, 94 a : St. Mary Magdalen'*, Old Fish Street. 61 Hi Bt. Uattbew'i, Friday Street. 333 a ; Sc Pul-* Cathedral, K7. 1 10 a, 113 a, 118 a, 930 a. Chuiebyard, 149, Sebool, 331a ;St. Pet«T'B.CtMa{«idfl,S88a; SL Thomas-* HmptUi, «, «, 9t, 111 a, 122: Strasd, SOO, 470^ 471; SoothamptonBafldinphlS; ScMtk wark, S07, 413 a ; SIom. S, IT «; TaTistock Stnet, 61 ; T«M|i* Bar, 69. Chai^ 111 a, an «. Kiddia, I6H a, iDMr, 48; fW ■, lot a, lU 0 ; 54.^ 1NI>KX or PLACI>. Tttwrr. .Vj «, t'.4i. ISO « . Trinilj IIouM*. 314 ■ ; Vauihall. 3fi5. Sr. ; WAlliiig Sirrrt, liT «. IJ7 . Wrst- miiiatrr Ai'brjr. 4J:^ «. llridKr. :tlV,. Youiii; IkrTil Tavrrii. l:U ii. Umt-oiiaI Kirlil. «*.•!. I^tuth. -Wi. :fi. I^»uvA>n. .11 *. Lowvstoft, r^"* «. Laildingtoo. 411 «t. Luttuii. l"* «. Ljnilt.ii. H>a. 411.412. 4.W-..44i>. 141 *. 44.' >. 4 It. 4I< «. Ljiiii. :»i.:*\ 4J. uTi. f.-.*. Ljuns, ;4i Mitl.lir«rx. I.tl ■. MiiMi. '.'7~ l.'il ■ ."v-.* II • . MACurcLAH. rmrf of. ir.? MA.lrm». 4A1 m. ||A « MAfrlAT Hill. 4nn. MArkrC llArUirttUich, 44'.* • . Ovrrtim. 44) •. 9.1. MX 4*.i7. MAr1U>n>u|cl.. :..' 1<»*. 117. I.l*«. it** 14" ■ MAnili»m. r.*9. Marvillrt IM «. SlarvhUrici. .fiH llsrvkr .Uf « Marvtim MiMir. I trti'l. ^7 ■ MA^hani. :i(sl. MAoniAiiiA. 7**. Mavis HaiiL MT. MfxIifrrrAnrAn ?.V) Mrlc«n. 4IS MnwI.rm.T. .IM Mrrom* Sch'R»l. 9A • MrrriA. IV 391 Mrthlrj. I.V. Mii1«rrhy .lix. S1*« • MitMlcl"n-ciini*MrBl«i*w f* *•! I.^wfff-Tii^- Trr ^liitiarrn*. 1.17. 137 ■ MiMrnliAi;. .t7J. U .11 11.11 k. 1 .''U Mill Hill. h.l Muff At. .ll** Monka Klc:i:h. 2i» ■ Muiiktuii. :M4 m Miinlrii«i- '1 4 « Miirr lark. r..'. M.ir|ir(h :'i;'i Mi>rrriifi .'•!<' Murh lU.P.Atn 4'* • i'*! Muirnvv. -J.i' -.'4'* 3 'I Mu«wri: Hi-<. 7.'i N Namca. iv:; • Naj.v-. r.M. i:«* m NAnrr*. 41 M NArf'^rl. 1.4 - .N«»- \,y. I* N. ihrrtif . .'«.* NrvAfk. 42. * 7 ■. *•• 1> !:^». .^ii Nrwli^. .!•<•> Nrwi-a.lV 77. IP*. *•:. 4i".:» Ni-wikArV- ■ :m. .--I Nrwii)i«ni 1*:* N>W»CrAt1. I. -.' NiC'inirtltJk, -*'• Nitri*. -••■•". NiH-tKii I'rii'TV M •. ?•••• • N. •. 12'. \..rf..lk. -■* .. PO ■. .•7.V ?:4 ?7*.. ::; . u/i .i*i.i «. 4i«i 47** N>>rniA'>l>>n •! Ifli. IJ* N.>rtl.« 'rrl.-n 14'* ■ us*. ■ S7i N. NmiinirhAin. \*2 I7«. lA) ■. HO. StiL 1.14 a. 412. 41.1 ■ . >hirr. W a Iftl. INDEX OF PI^CKS. 546 Oakham. 47a, 487. 488. Oatlej, laa. Ockham, 100 w. OrknejB, 333. 35.1. OnaBby, Soulb, 1S4 ». Orion, 246 a. OubeiM. 4G1 i. Oudcnarde. 73 n. OultoD, 118 M. Oundle. M a. 114. 2 n. 2,'i3H, 243 m, 310 n, 332 11, 487; Eilmand HkU, 103 ■, 131 *, 170; Exeter, 233 N I OloDceitcr Hall, 1>6 H : Hertford. (Hut Hall). IS2 * ; Magdalen Hail, 70 a. 148 «. IW H ; Merton, 132 <, New, 103 ■, l30ii,2a3H. 499n; Qoeeii's. 243 m. Hi n. 2*2 1 ; St. John'i, 83 h. 132 n. l:i4 n ; Trinity, 132 k, 4uO, 450 a ; UniTcnitj, 131 « ; Shire, 456 ■. Padua, 111 h, 173 a. Palatine Hill. 302, .. 1»I (r, 2ci5, 2U6« 243, 245, 440. Paroa, 467. Patagonia, 314. PaTift. 173 n. Peak at Dcrbyihiro. 100, 160 n. Pcakirk, 8V. PenriTcaick, 183. 259, 317, 81B, 434. Penrith, 261,269, 458. Pern, 246, 247. Peterborough. 19, 22, 42, 91, 166, 166 H, 232,314, 401, 488, 504 i CMhadisl, 166 a. 391. Philippolt. 412 a. Pickworth. 80, 104, 494, 4B6, 496. Rco do Tbnde. 258. Pierce Bridge, 360. Pinchbeck, 5. ['ont«tt*ct, 363 a. Ponton, (ad Pontcm), 128, 196, »», 20011,203,208 «. Porlock, 49 a. Portlane, 189. port UahOD, 63 *. PortobeUo, 247. Ponamouth, 453. Portogal, 31Gn, 415. pMtling, 240 a. Potoai, minea. 60. Pott«n, 23. Pouiit«ne7 St. Laurence. 40 ». PreabOTg. 206. Preaton, S. Prior Park. 88 a. PruMia. 191 a. Ramilleb, 73 a. Rainhan, 74 a. Rayna Farra, til a. Kedmile, 117. Rephidim, 242. Rettord, 418 n. i:«tl«ndoii. 93 «, Bhelnu, 197 •. Ribblecbeator, 116. RlchboroDfrh. S44. Kiehmoad Park, !)> 'i tU a. Rackfonl. A. Rocklr;. I:Ih. RomaD Wall, 3M. IMIEX or i-|.A<-K)t. SrniUHi. Ml, ■: l«V, r."», Tfi. TM. 3-'. 411. M1..V;, ll.'V ;LV. ■ AM. H^ KAa. Ml. 3>'-t .«U a. 37.'. j:*, 3f>J, SM. 3v.>. 4i;: 4(Vj, 4;n. t;i S»»ill«. I-JI a Shaftml-Jr? I3» t>Kat<. .Vil Shrll.ir.l, ^rral. V. ■ ■"^lirpiirrbiii. ri Shrnb>ii. IJV .lia. 81M. .1S« a. M»'. IKifi. 411 a ; Mbrna. J»l Vatican. I U' a. I'aiirlla raalina. hirtly. HI M . ; .11 113; l'alal>ii« Hill, ^rt.**! ..JOS; MiDwrjr LiK 1 1^> lotab of Naao. aai Mlhury llill Ifi, tV ■«lui4Aa(*l.aK. >,Whnlrt. >>^, 1:0 .-44 Ba«chM il 147. JIX RnraloD. M. 141. 37S, HIM, SiW. 4«0 a. Si-n(Stit.>ni. 1 a lU lUahttcn. 413. Hk<k. M Smyrna. »0 ■. MJ IM ■. R7WI. 19; . Ficlay Fnik IM ?• Siittrtbr. .v.. I'» IIW. 3H Happmh Waldkk Ti s-ii.B'- :■■• • ■UintAlhanVU. IM. Ii9a. .1J4 An- di*w'. t-ni»nilT -IIB a. :I.r.«iard-« enllroV Aoph L't 1 ■ . n.ftl'i Ua. :>l ■ . St >aTi.Hir'> I4" ■ S-Hilhoirk. <*). 4.t| S,.J.I,>ic :• fi fi. :,li 1.1. !■.. 11.41. 411 a. \wtm.i3 M .l.'. l.aiul-rt a. 41. M •. •> a lU. lU l«4 14U a. Wnl..ii. J . Nr..!'.. Hunt* 3t-. ■ . IM . .-» .m; a .'ri .'» •.14J. Tlfa. "» .11.1, ,l-l 4'H 4:1 Main M a >iw. :• i'.ti ■ .•4'-. .'»* -- ;4:. jus. >.!.■■ IN . Hi Kalr>n|t.»> 11.' . -t^^l-nh .-'- Jl. IM a.l.la »ot|4»n m Kn>llan.| .11 1 .■•i5.r'i. .*! SM, J.^;, J7b a. 4JI> a, 4X1 a. iri. :'4;,/:.». !■ "I, -r ■■•, f.1. ■-.. ■«. m. io<^ 11; i»ti. 11.1 ii-.li-.>. i:j. ifp iM. .■;. iiv iw. 3.U. iM. taa, fM. act, :.'. i:.i .-T-v .•;:. t:». it*, ft*, in. «'i . r-ai .».i. .-»4 »». jnj. JIL I. !!■. i.-i i.'i L. .. J.K wr. M^ >«■. .l».* *.t. JM. M^JC^JC.Mt. ». 3:0. a: I . iTJ: ■:■, 3Mi «!. Ml, INDEX OP PLACES. 548 383, 385, 386, 387, 389, 401 429, 431. 442 M, 456, 463, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470, 487, 494, 495, 504, 608, Baron, 431 n. 432 ; Barnhill, 835, 336, 379 ; Black Hall, 226 ; Brown*8 Hospital, 226 ; Brazen-nose Society, 427 h; Peterboroagh Hall, 226; Darham, 226 ; Petergate, 836 ; Le Gannoc, 335, 335 n ; Semprin- ham Hall, 226 ; Snowdon's Hob- piul, 226 ; Tmesdale's Hospital, 226 ; Charches, All Saints, 225. 226, 277, 495; Austin FryerV, 226; Bradecroft Chapel, 226 ; Mary Ben- werk, 226, 495; Mary's Chantry, 226 ; Martin's, 121. 279, 431, 431 », 495 ; Peter's, 226 ; Thomas's, 226, 495 ; Vaady, 226. SUneroore, 319, 362. Stanfield. 51, 51 h, SUnton Drew, 329 h, 337. Stanwick, 118. Starston. 499 m. Stathem, IS m. SUveley, 83 h. Steeping. 130. Stibbard, 496. Stilton, 471. Stirlingshire, 816 m. Stisted, 40 m. Stockton, .S07. Stonehenge, 52. 58, 65, 72, 187, 188, 139, 186, 201, 313. 315, 320, 824, 329 «. 337. 470. Stow.cum-Quy. 95 m. Stratford-sub- Castle, 139. Stratton, 139. Strcatham, 98 h. Strocdcland. 178 h. Strubby. 12. Studley Park, 308, .361. Stukeley, Great, 17, 36. 4*J ; LiUlc, 17. Sturbridge fair. 23, SS. Suffolk, 276, 476. Soly, 9. Sunderland. 315. Surrey, 109 /t, 124 ». Sussex, 152 n, 203 «, 468 m, Sutton, 5, 14, 15. 18 «. 402. SwafFham, 1 19, 378, 874, 880 ; Church, 874. Swallowcliff Common, 188. Sweden, 332 h, Swindon, 137. Switzerland. 1.H8 n, Syria, 78. Syston, 1 f», 195. Tamwobtu, 88 f». Tanagra, 69 m. Tartary, 231, 248, 251. Teddington, 49 «e, 60. Templedown, 139. Thame. 170. Thames, 278, 278 », 826. ThermopyUe. 178. Thetford, 147, 884, 388, 404, 406, 416, 417. Thistleworth. 97. Thorington, 504. Thomey, 872, 892, 408. Thrace, 69. 69 n, Thra|j0ton, 85 n, Thurlby. 104. Thwaite, 40 ». Tibar, 292. Tichmanh, 121. Tinwell, 412. Tisbury. 1.H8. TiToli. 817. Topping Hall. Bsmz, 288 «. Tomea, 439 n. Tottenham High Cross, 96 «, 800. Toulouse, 64. Trckingham. 215. Triers, 284. Trowbridge, 833 «. Troy, 203. Trumpington, 22. Tamby Wood. 7. Tanbridge Wellis IIO, 218, 221, 222, 223, 818, 371. Tnzford, 418 m. TwycroM, 88 n. Tykencott Streams, 826 •; Chnreh, 891. :>iit IM>KX 4. 3&A. 354i WalU iAoMabanr;. IJM. Wallin^fnH. 47.'i Walauken. 'Ju a Walcham. 412. (>«• 17 a. 93. I€9. I«»9 a 170. '.*t;^. Koar Swana Inp. :»A5 . While. KU «. Walcham^tow, 3a^ a. Wanl>iniui:h 139 Wan»l.«kr. l.lf Wan>f..nl. Hr* Warr. a7 a. 41.1 a Warwick 4u7 . Mim. 397 «. Walfoni 71 We.kArl.t. l.V.>. Wrlr. ^7. 71 a. 130 1&3 a. 43:. a . Hnili;^. V:. 3M . Rehool. 1:7. M a. 101 ■. 333 a; Stangsto Krrrr r,7 . S Janea'a. K^l a WertAinrr:anrrr«lcr. '.a*, a. I>l «. Calli^Jml. S7A ; Shir* . V7 a :>^7 a. Wofaall. 9*:. YABMMrav. I.ii» York. 4. 47. 9.t. IS.' «. 3*s& .Bv:*. JdO. 4<0 407 4Mi. 4M>. 4A'j . Miira, IJ4. iJi.. I'll. l!i.-.. ^13. 341 a. 393. JMI. 31a J.K3«. 494. Zt'BlCII 133 a. < Zajhcbcm. a a. 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